K300 Weekend!

Ah, the glory days of Bethel and the K300! It's by far one of the best times of the year in Bethel. The K300 concert, the start line, the general buzz of dogs and activity, headquarters, fireworks and finally the exciting finishes. I had hoped we would return every year, but alas already this first year we didn't make it as the 3 day holiday weekend made bargain frequent flier miles not an option. But next year, I will renew my promise. Here's a website that's keeping a nice dialogue of updates and here's the most current rankings. I'm kind of rooting for Rohn Buser to win and he's currently leading out of Aniak. He's only 18 and last year came in 4th place in one of his first races, and best of all he was wearing tennis shoes. As for other favorites, I have a special place in my heart for Kotzebue's John Baker since we helped him with start line duty the first year and he was so cool and of course, I'm cheering for local favorite Mike Williams, Jr and watching Myron Angstman with interest (one of Bethel's most famous lawyers and whom I incidentally recently stumbled upon his news blog which I found great fun) . Noticeably absent is Paxson's peace soul brother Salem and his dad Jon Little. I don't see the infamous Ramy Brooks in the line-up either. Anyway we'll be watching the leader boards with interest and fondly remembering Grammy Williams' Bethel K300 visit last year......

As for the latest in Dutch Harbor.....remember those beautiful sunny skies and snowy mountains. Well, a few days of 80 mile per hour winds, heavy rains and a 46 degree highs make a remarkable difference!



Eek! Looks like June!


Here's what the winds will do to a dumpster (and yes we finally took the Christmas tree down)...


Well, at least Mister enjoyed the mud puddles!


You can check out how well he responds to his various nicknames....hmmmm.



And during those windy days when there wasn't any outside fun to be had, we did our best for fun inside. Mmmm....chocolate cake.





For some reason, I ended up a bit short on frosting and the cake was naked on the sides.


And the latest of all news, and yet another moniker to add to the list, Senor seems to have adopted the Leonardo Da Vinci sleeping schedule. After making so much progress the first few weeks of January and even sleeping from 8 PM to 5 AM (straight) for a few days in a row, a week of fevers and sniffles have sent him into the Leonardo. Also known as the sleep of geniuses? How come it's listed under www.sleep-deprivation.com. Yawn.