Greetings from Alaska! The “webmaster” is on vacation until this September, and this site is not expected to be updated until then. My thanks and appreciation to you who have faithfully followed us here in our adventures. Here’s wishing each of you a fantastic summer filled with daily doses of happiness and good health ~ and remember to take time to hear the music before the song ends!
~GB Jones
June 22, 2008
Here are some photos of Iditarod 2008 last March. The above photos were taken by Jim & Sharon Irby.
Team 45 departs the starting line in downtown Anchorage in Iditarod 2008. The great Alaskan Huskies are shown pulling GB's Idita-rider Karen Tria from New Jersey with Pam Barr from Texas on the tag sled.
We have some good quality sweatshirt souvenirs of the Iditarod Trail Kennel! These shirts are available through kennel supporter Carole Caravaggio of Michigan. These shirts contain the Iditarod Trail Kennel logo on the back (as shown above) and can be embroidered with your name on the front. Click on the shirt logo above and you will be linked to Carole’s email address so that you can get more information to possibly order your shirt!
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Over the past few years we made some short videos of our team, and our training, and we placed those videos here on this website. Some of those videos may not have been that great, while others were fairly good. Here is the one we deem to be our best one! It is the Iditarod song written and performed by Alaskan Mike Campbell. The video is produced by High Places Video and features our team! If you have already seen this video, it will still bring a smile to your face. It’s off to Nome with our hybrid team of huskies! Mush on!
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Sheba and Duke Lead Team 45 in Iditarod 2008 (Anchorage Daily News)
For an informative and entertaining glimpse into the training and preparation of Iditarod 2007, get the DVD called "Keeping The Dream Alive!" It contains a lot of action shots on the Iditarod Trail of GB's Iditarod team as well as many great Alaskan songs including the famous Iditarod song by Mike Campbell! You can order right here off the web by clicking on the DVD above! You are going to like this DVD for yourself or as a gift!
On 9/11/2001 GB Jones moved to his property that borders the Iditarod Trail, in preparation to run the Iditarod Race. In GB’s words, "It was also the day when evil men tried to destroy our nation, but it only made us stronger, more determined, more American. Regardless of what’s thrown our way, we have to develop a stronger resolve and just keep going. We just have to." GB Jones has never finished in first place in the Iditarod, or any other sled dog race. In 2002 and again in 2004 he completed the 1,100-mile sled dog race at the "end of the pack." And he scratched from the 2003 race. This is GB’s account of his journey to Nome–how winning can occur to those who don’t arrive first. GB’s ability to take you on the race with him, with all the emotions and physical demands is unlike any other racer’s. You will feel you have run the race—and won—just like he has. Never again will you look at winning or losing in the same way. Come and run the Iditarod... with GB Jones. -softcover, 152 pages, 102 photos, SOFTCOVER, $14.95 Available now direct from the publisher by clicking on the book above!
