Martin came off the Yukon River. ” I would not mind having 500 miles of this “. The run must have been beautiful for him, his parka stowed away in the sled, just riding with a windbreaker, Martin Buser pulled into the checkpoint to the cheers of the locals. A few planes are also dotting the river line.

Uploading pictures from here is really tricky with the internet cutting in and out… here are some just outside the village.

DIck Newton from Takotna just walked into the checkpoint. Dick is 84 years young and has been driving a snowmachine to Nome for decades and has no plans to abandon that tradition anytime soon. Each year he beats me to Nome!