Iditarod Update 3172019 afternoon

There are only three mushers on the trail Kristin Bacon in 38^th place in Safety, a few miles from Nome and Cindy Gallea in 39^th place out of White Mountain followed in last place by rookie Victoria Hardwick out of White Mountain who looks like she has a lock on the Red Lantern and last place. Our hats should be off to all mushers whether they finished or not. It says something positive when one is only racing to win, alone with one’s dogs in the snow, ice and cold and exhausted beyond belief with no fellow humans on the trail to cheer one on save those at a checkpoint. One more update if somehow, someway Hardwick avoids last place,