Today was Phil’s last day in Elim. Tomorrow we will make the 115 mile journey by snowmachine into Nome.  This is pretty neat because it is on the Iditarod Trail, so Phil will get a little taste of what the dogs and mushers go through on their way to the finish.  Today was pretty low key, we basically hung around Elim and did little things outside.

The temperature never did get above 0, but it came mighty close today.  Most of the time it was between -20 and -30 and thats without the wind.

Phil was complaining that I never did any work and I made him chop all the wood.  But Dianna always tells me that you always need 2 people for any job. One to do the work and one to watch what your doing and make sure you are doing it right.  Since Dianna was gone I thought I would take over her job and make sure Phil was doing things right.

All of the mushers that are racing serious have came and gone, but there are still 25 or so mushers on the trail.  Here is Phil at the Checkpoint watching Ryan Redington care for his dogs.