2014 Iditarod rookie Christian Turner, from Australia, in Nikolai

Jake Berkowitz scratches from Iditarod 2014

Ways to "Watch" the Iditarod

In Alaska there are a number of newspapers, radio and TV stations, and bloggers who report on the Iditarod. So there are a lot of different ways to get up-to-date information (most of them are free). Mrs. B's pick is the The Iditarod Trail Committe (ITC) Insider has an amazing website with the GPS tracker and videos. This site is a pay for site but Exxon Mobil about our class a subscription. Remember the username is the buschk@billings.k12.mt.us and the password is busch16.

Hermie likes to watch the Anchorage Daily News (adn.com) site. It has great pictures, video, and updates. Just click on the picture

I likes the read and watch the Alaska Dispatch because they are willing to tell the good, the bad, and ugly. I am kind of a rebel. 

Mrs. B and I are Back at School

So Mrs. B and I arrived back in Billings, MT yesterday. We took a flight called the "Red Eye" which means you fly late at night. When we got home it was 45 degrees and melting but we could tell there had been a lot of snow while we were gone.

Guess who we found hiding on Mrs. B's desk this morning. Yes, you guessed it, Hermie.

 The class welcomed us back with a great bulletin board. So I had to share.

Classroom Insider is Up

You can follow the Iditarod with Classroom Insider. It is fun to watch the GPS and watch the videos. The login is the same as last year: buschk@billings.k12.mt.us (notice it is the old school email address). The password is our classroom password.

2014 Iditarod Martin Buser First out of Rohn

Rohn Buser, son of the current leader Martin Buser, took this video just
outside of the Rohn checkpoint. (Yes, he was named after that
checkpoint. His brother's name is Nikolai.) This trail conditions are
really hard on the sled and musher. The dogs' wrist might get sore also.  

Iditarod Restart Aliy Zirkle