Largest Sled Dog Race in the Lower 48 Mushes from Wyoming to Utah

WOOHOO I just got my yearly update email on the dogsled races and I will be there for them this year assuming I am not in Rexburg with a sister in labor that is:0) I am soooo excited it has been a couple years:0( If you are in an area where you can go see this it is soooo well worth it. We looked forward to it every year when we were in Jackson. See I do miss the area in some ways...lol

Sled Dog Race Mushes through Wyoming
IPSSSDR passes through 11 Wyoming towns en route to Park City, Utah


*Photos courtesy IPSSSDR

Jackson, Wyoming – January 21, 2009 – Twenty teams from around the world will mush from Jackson’s starting line for the 2009 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race on January 30, announced race director Frank Teasley. The race will continue through 11 Wyoming towns before ending in Park City, Utah, on February 7.

"We're proud in our fourteenth year to be not only the largest sled dog race in the lower 48 states, but also to be recognized as the 'dog friendly' race," said Teasley. "We invite spectators to come see how these dogs love to run."

The IPSSSDR stops in a different town each night, allowing teams to rest. Each day presents a new stage in a format similar to that of bicycling's Tour de France. Wyoming towns along the race route host celebrations that include doggie fashion shows, Dutch oven dinners, spaghetti feeds, and a human-pulled sled race, to name a few of the events on the 2009 schedule.

The International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race was founded in 1996 by Frank Teasley to make sled dog racing more accessible to the public. For more information, visit the race website at www.wyomingstagestop.org; contact the race via e-mail at wystagestop@blissnet.com or telephone at 307.734.1163.

2009 IPSSSDR Stage Stops

Friday, January 30	Jackson
Saturday, January 31	Drive to Lander
Sunday, February 1	Lander
Monday, February 2	Pinedale/Cora
Tuesday, February 3	Big Piney/Marbleton
Wednesday, February 4	Alpine
Thursday, February 5	Kemmerer/Diamondville
Friday, February 6	Bridger Valley Evanston Mountain View/Lyman
Saturday, February 7	Park City, Utah

Frozen Pipes

Well here I sit at well now nearly 5 a.m. and I suppose it was bound to happen once. Our pipes froze!! We are on a non heated spigot outside and not winterized yet because we are to be transferring to Bozeman MT any day...was suppose to be by Oct 10th and that time got pushed to 2 weeks and now looking like Nov 10th....

Well lets just say if Nov 10th comes and goes and we are still here I am winterizing, skirting the works therefore until snow melts I am going no where.

So not only am I dealing with the issue of no propane getting to the appliances (for which I found out that we may need to bleed the air out of the lines) I also get to deal with thawing out pipes. I have shut the water spigot off and praying no damage is done to the pipes under the RV once they have thawed. I KNOW without a shadow of a doubt I turned water on which means one of the kids got up to get a drink or something and shut the water completely off!

Like I said it was bound to happen once and gratefully we are to be in the 60's today so we should be fine "this time". Hope this doesn't mean we are in for a looooong winter. Arizona is sounding really good this fine early morning.