The Iditarod and Mrs. J's neighbor, Marvin

In Room 8, we've been studying the Iditarod. Just this morning, at 04:06, the last musher came into Nome to win the Red Lantern Award. Lance Mackey won it last week.

Mrs. J's neighbor, Marvin, which Room 8 often hears about, ran in a dog sled race in Alaska back in 1939. Now this was before the Iditarod, as we know it today, was being run. Marvin is 95 years old and he has had many awesome adventures. Tonight, his daughter in law brought out these pictures of Marvin in 1939 in Nome... running in his dog sled race!
Here is Marvin in his dogsledding gear... keeping warm while standing on the Bering Sea ice outside of Nome, Alaska... in February, 1939.

Here's Marvin with his 6 - dog team. He won first place... and look what he received!

Fast forward... here's Lance Mackey coming in to win first place last week in Nome, Alaska.Lance kept 15 of his 16 dogs all the way to the finish line!