Central update

Katie arrived around 8:30p.m. Sunday.  Her trail report was that Eagle Summit was not as bad as she had anticipated.  She actually said that Rose Bud was worse.  She finished her work with her dogs around 9:30p.m. and came into the Steese Road House for a Prime Rib dinner.  We ate together and then she went to a warm cabin to sleep for about five hours. I went to join Annita in the truck to sleep.  We woke around 4:30a.m. Monday and found Katie getting ready.  She was eating cheesecake and pumpkin pie with a cup of hot chocolate for breakfast. Once she was finished her meal she went to bootie the dogs and get them ready to run.

The dogs were bedded down on straw in groups of four. I watched Katie work with each dog.  She put booties on all four feet while they were still laying down taking advantage of every minute of rest possible.  Once all booties were on she moved Shilo out of lead and put Sneezy up front with Whitney.  Katie walked down the line back to her sled patting all the dogs on their heads.  Lighting was the first to start screaming to go and the enthusiasum spread to the rest of the dogs.  Katie got back to her runners pulled the hook and I helped lead her team out of their parking spot to the trail.  Once to the trail I stepped a side and watched as Katie and her fourteen furry friends disappear down the dark trail. She left the checkpoint at 6:30a.m. Monday.

Now we are at the Circle City checkpoint.  Temperatures are favorable, there is a light snow and now we wait for Katie.  She should be in around 6p.m. or so.