We just had a skype with a musher! His name is Eric and he taught use so much new stuff. He showed us his dogs and everything. He showed us gear and the sled! And he told us he’s ran a few races and he lends dogs to people. He let a girl borrow his dogs who was going to be in the junior iditarod! He told us what it is like to live in Alaska. This was a great skype! By Sophie
Today we Skyped with a musher named Eric. He has a lot of dogs. He never raced the real Iditarod but he has raced other snow races. He has 3 sleds. He has very warm and important equipment. I hope we can Skype with another musher soon! By Jake
What I Learned about The Iditarod
We skyped with Eric from Alaska. He taught us about the Iditarod and how it works! We got to see his dogs. A few dogs were Ghost, Dixie, Batman and Eric ! We also got to see his sleds and his dog booties. The skype was really fun. By: McKenna
We had a Skype with a musher. He raises Alaskan huskies.His name is Eric. In two years he plans to run the iditarod. Next year he will run two 300 mile races to be in the iditarod. By Colin and Avery
Skype with Eric
The dogs were cute. My favorite was Dixie.There were 32 dogs and currently only 24 dogs there. He has 4 puppies.He put on the dog coat, booties and harness. It was fun and I learned a lot. He is from Alaska. By Samuel
What I learned about the Iditarod
We skyped with Eric from Alaska. He has 32 dogs and 4 puppies. He showed us what the booties look like on a husky.He showed us some dogs and they were all excited! He gets the food from a special place for dogs. He also showed us what the sled looked like. He showed us how to control the sled. And he showed us more cool and exciting things. By:Elizabeth
We had a skype with a musher.
I did not think that he had that many dogs. I was thinking he had 13 not 31 dogs. He has 32 dogs and one lives inside. She is retired. I wonder why he has more than one sled? I wonder what are the other designs and patterns on the booties? By Lucas and Dylan
The Iditarod Skype!
We skyped with a musher who has 32 sled dogs. His name is Eric. He has 3 sleds but only uses 1. He lives in Alaska. Every dog has their own house and name. He lives in a cabin. By Brady and Matthew