Peter Bartlett		Peter Bartlett		Ramy Brooks		Ray Redington Jr.		Ready to go!!!
	Rick Swenson		Robert Sorlie		Sonny Lindner		Team Wells Fargo?		Tim Osmar
	Tim Osmar		Todd Capistrant		Todd Capistrant		Anchorage Mayor George Wuerch		Anchorage Mayor George Wuerch
	Anchorage Mayor George Wuerch		The Intersection of 4th and G Street		In the direction of the AlaskaCam		Another perspective of 4th and G		Behind the start line on 4th Avenue
	A Channel 2 News team		Cook Inlet		These 2 guys came out to watch their cousins		Goofy hats!!!		Preparation on G Street
	G Street mushers		Fortunately, not the racing kind!!!

"Last one to Nome buys the M&M's..."

"The last musher's were all out of the chute and on their journey to Nome ( by way of Fairbanks this year unfortunately;-) In about 40 minutes the snow fences were being taken down, the ads removed and the crowds dispersed in total. Not a soul left on the street or sidewalk. But then we watched a small boy climb up and onto the back of the Bronze Husky Statue. He mounted the dog's back leaning forward like one would ride a horse. Dreaming a small boy's dream, flying like the wind in pursuit and in a race with the hardy musher's on their 1000 mile journey to Nome.  The lad looked to be in the 8 year old range.  He was totally alone but we're certain he could surely hear the roar of a non existent crowd ~ cheering him on.  My wife immediately said 'Last one to Nome buys the M&M's'"

Excerpt from an e-mail message received from Jim and Nancy of East Liverpool, Ohio
 

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