I miss AK and all the corny random shit that happens! Since moving to America I had a very attractive young woman come to my door asking me to sign a petition. I was ready to sign until I noticed it was to stop the Iditarod. I asked why anyone would ever sign that and why anyone would ever want to stop such an event. She went on about cruelty to dogs. I asked if she had ever been there which of course she had not. I tried to explain that it was much more taxing on the musher and that if she ever saw the dogs in their harnesses jumping like popcorn with excitement to get going her mind would be changed instantly. Now I am not saying that all who mush or keep dogs always do the right thing, but to ban the race...? Ugh, the narrow mindedness out here sometimes drives me nuts. She probably went to a presentation and believed everything that she was told from some other ignorant nutjob who had no knowledge of the truth.... Might as well have been trying to sell me home school info on a Sat night! Unfortunately, she is probably an elected official about now...
