Dogs

Everywhere in South America we saw loose dogs, apparently belonging to no one. Sometimes we saw where they had overturned garbage cans and scattered the contents. They all seemed docile and we never saw any fighting. However, not all dogs were loose! Here are three images from Buenos Aires: a park full of loose dogs (no people in sight), a dog walker with little dogs, and a walker with bigger ones.

Iditarod?

Do we have mushers right here in California training for the Iditarod? It's all I could think as I saw two people with teams of dogs pulling carts/tricycles on the dikes at the Ponds.

The 2009 Iditarod starts in just 19 days on March 7. If you are interested in knowing more, go here http://www.iditarod.com/race/ Seventy-three mushers are scheduled to race from Anchorage to Nome, a distance of over 1,100 miles.