Similar to children in a school building, sharing trail and space with so many other dogs, it’s common for a bug to get picked up while on races. Ideally, teams will rest for a bit and it’ll pass through quickly. Sometimes though, mushers do make the decision to scratch from the race if their dogs need a bit more time to get rid of the stomach bug. The health of the dogs comes first for every musher out there. Ryne’s team caught the stomach bug right before entering Nikolai. They took an 8 hour rest there and that helped the team get back on their paws. They look great!

Last night, the Ryno team camped with the two Squids team, Paige Drobny and Cody Strathe. These three are great friends so it brings a smile to our faces knowing they had the comfort of each other!

The Alaska Range showed some gnarly trails on the outbound direction, particularly the Dalzell Gorge. They’ll make their way back through it soon enough. Currently, the team is at the Rohn checkpoint with less than 200 miles to go!!

Upcoming is Skwenta, 105 miles out from Rohn, where all mushers will take their last mandatory rest of 8 hours.

Tyler and Kelsey picked Bowser up and he is now getting his beauty sleep and extra love alongside Uno! Thanks guys!