Cool Dreams Racing Team - Bill Borden

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Countdown to Iditarod 2003 Restart — Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

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March 19 , 2004

Leaving Nome But the Race is Still On .

Polar Cub Café is one other place in Nome to have good coffee and some breakfast. We packed our things from the Church and walked over to the restaurant. While we were there, Jeff Peterson, Teacher on The Trail, came over to talk a bit about the program and his experiences. It sounded liked he had a great time out on the trail. Jeff was wishing aloud that he could hop a ride back out to see some of the back-of-the-pack mushers who were still coming in. He gave Bill a Wells Fargo Iditarod tee shirt. Peryl Kyzer was driving her team down Front Street as we left town.

First chore on our agenda was to make sure the plane was preheated. The temperature had hit –14F and some of the engine parts and cylinder heads needed to be warmed. Earl’s little stovepipe setup had them ready in no time. We said our goodbyes to Pastor John and taxied away. It was a clear day for flying and we passed over several teams who were mushing towards Nome, probably Bernard Schuchert, Dexter Kancer, and Noah Burmeister. I believe we flew over Sue Allen near the Moses Point VOR, on her way to Elim, because we saw her red parka with the “W” on the back.

The weather was cooperating nicely so Earl pulled into Elim. I had never been there before and was curious to see a new town. Here we caught up with Harmony Barron and ‘her’ pack of rookies, Jim Conner, Jacob Lysyshyn, Cliff Wang and Matt Weik. These guys were up from naps and were motivating around to leave a bit later in the afternoon. They were sitting around in the Elim Fire Hall, which served as the checkpoint, drinking bottled water and Capri Suns while gear was hanging up to dry all over. The dogs were all resting in the sun. We only stayed about 45 minutes but Bill was glad to talk to Jim Conner again. Jim had some trouble with his team wanting to stop outside Shaktoolik. He recanted the story of how he lined them out and led them for several miles only to have them stop over and over. Once he got tired, sweaty and miserable, he took their dog coats off and they finally made some progress. We started our walk back to the airport and a very nice lady offered me a ride on back of her snowmachine. That was appreciated.

After we left Elim, our only other stop was in Galena for fuel. I managed to sleep through most of the rest of the flight and only woke up when we hit a bump or two in the air. Earl’s friend, Otis Rowland, picked us up from the airport and gave us a ride. Earls’ wife, Lynn, and Melissa Rowland had made a scrumptious dinner of ribs, corn on the cob, and all the trimmings. We enjoyed getting to know another new family of friends. What a nice way to end such a great trip!! Tomorrow we drive back to Wasilla, pick up our snowmachines from the shop and start on our long list of business things to finish up before we fly to Atlanta early on Tuesday morning. Best wishes to all the mushers still out on the trail. We are pulling for all of them and wish we were going to be there to see G.B. Jones get his red lantern and to see Mitch receive his new truck!!

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		February 28, 2003 Start Position — Musher — Hometown 1 — Howard and Julie Farley — honorary 2 — John Baker — Kotzebue 3 — Ted English — Willow 4 — Cali King — Denali Park 5 — Perry Solomonson — Whittier 6 — Jason Barron — Lincoln, Mont. 7 — Tyrell Seavey — Seward 8 — Jessie Royer — Fairbanks 9 — Ed Iten — Kotzebue 10 — Dexter Kancer — Nenana 11 — Blake Matray — Two Rivers 12 — Ben Stamm — Argyle, Wis. 13 — Jim Lanier — Chugiak 14 — Paul Gebhardt — Kasilof 15 — Martin Buser — Big Lake 16 — Karen Land — Sand Coulee, Mont. 17 — Cim Smyth — Big Lake 18 — Jeff King — Denali Park 19 — Vern Halter — Willow 20 — Lance Barve — Willow 21 — Frank Sihler — Wasilla 22 — Gerald Riley — Nenana 23 — Robert Sorlie — Hurdal, Norway 24 — Cindy Gallea — Seely Lake, Mont. 25 — Aaron Burmeister — Nome 26 — Lynda Plettner — Houston 27 — Charlie Boulding — Manley 28 — Ray Redington Jr. — Two Rivers 29 — Todd Capistrant — Emerald, Wis. 30 — DeeDee Jonrowe — Willow 31 — Jack Berry — Salcha 32 — Debbie Moderow — Anchorage 33 — Ramey Smyth — Big Lake 34 — Carla Kelly — Anchorage 35 — G.B. Jones — Wasilla 36 — Ken Anderson — Fairbanks 37 — Bruce Lee — Denali Park 38 — Karen Ramstead — Perryvale, Alberta 39 — Randy Chappel — Arlington, Texas 40 — Peter Bartlett — Willow 41 — Linwood Fiedler — Willow 42 — Ramy Brooks — Healy 43 — Mitch Seavey — Seward 44 — Sonny Lindner — Fairbanks 45 — Aliy Zirkle — Two Rivers 46 — Melanie Gould — Talkeetna 47 — Rick Swenson — Two Rivers 48 — Tim Osmar — Ninilchik 49 — Gerald Sousa — Talkeetna 50 — Ellen Halverson — Wasilla 51 — Mike Williams — Akiak 52 — Bill Pinkham — Glenwood Springs, Colo. 53 — Palmer Sagoonick — Shaktoolik 54 — Adam Scott Gibler — Chugiak 55 — Dean Osmar — Clam Gulch 56 — Jon Little — Kasilof 57 — Jim Gallea — Sterling 58 — Bob Hickel — Anchorage 59 — Keith Aili — Ray, Minn. 60 — Jessica Hendricks — Copper Center 61 — Russell Bybee — Willow 62 — Kelly LaMarre — Geneva, Ill. 63 — Lachlan Clarke — Colorado Springs, Colo. 64 — Robert Bundtzen — Anchorage 65 — Clint Warnke — Bonnie Lake, Wash