Oh yeah, “big time.”
You know the race starts just down the road from me, weird weather this winter, hardly any snow left, its mostly ice, I expect a record fast run, lots of damaged equipment from trails nearly bare of snow, just sun glazed ice.
The Iditarod may have to be moved to Fairbanks this year due to lack of snow.
I think Georgia has had more snow than we have here. Temps are moderate, maybe 20 degrees higher than normal. was very windy the last couple of days. Again a couple of weeks ago it was warmer here than in Tampa Bay Florida, I even saw three motorcycles out on the highway in Wasilla, temps were in the lower 50’s.
And its possible there may be a lot of people heading to the race cause for the most part you cannot run any sleds around here lately because of lack of snow, its all ice and frozen earth, many people are in a big blue funk, from the snowmachiners to the snow plow operators.
Me I have been rebuilding my 95 Goldwing inside the house this year, was laid off in december, and then wife lost her job cause her place of Obamacare downsizing. Now both of us are on unemployment. There is work available, much better than the lower 48, but I just want to have some time off.
Anyway here is hoping Todd and his crew win and have a safe ride, its gonna be brutal trail conditions, none of that fluffy white snow, its gonna be like on concrete until they get further north, and then colder.