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slippery slope - I spent some time on my butt sliding down
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one foot in front of the other
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me on the ascent - it was so windy - I took my time
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Jason was heading up - he was very patient with my slow pace
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Denali and Alaska Range from the trail (you have to look closely on the horizon)
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Anchorage Skyline from the trail
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Sleeping Lady from the trail
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3/20 Sunday hike around Blueberry loop (under Flattop Mtn)
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supermoon
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The "supermoon" rose over the Chugach Mtns just after 10pm on 3/19
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Two plows follow each other down the road - they have a great system up here to maintain roads and remove snow!
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this "golfcart on steriods" clears the sidewalks
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lots of snow
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planes snowed in
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the Diehls left right before the snowfall - can't even see the mountains in the mirror
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Merrill Field covered in fresh snow
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woke up on St. Paddie's Day to a lovely snow
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3/9 - viewing the northern lights up on Old Glenn Hwy - photo by Tutu
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3/9 - viewing the northern lights up on Old Glenn Hwy - photo by Tutu
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group of hashers chasing the northern lights (photo by Perverazzi)
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#18 - Ally Zirkie leads dogs to start line
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dog waiting patiently
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neat hat!
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always interesting characters downtown
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dogs waiting to get out
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sled dogs doing their thing
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Jason in the Alaskan Amber bottle
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#47 - Kurt Barnham leads his dogs on 4th Ave
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lead dogs
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#17 - Lance Mackey - won last 4 years in a row! (he overcame cancer too)
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#22 - Magnus Kaltenborn from Norway - rookie
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#49 - Rick Swenson - only 5 time winner - on 4th Ave
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#55 - rookie Kelly Maixner enjoying the crowd
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#57 - rookie James Bardoner and dogs going down
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#60 - Matt Giblin heading towards Cordova hill
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#15 - Bob Story from New Zealand - he's a rookie this year
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#62 - Gerald Sousa's dogs
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"suicide hill" on Cordova - going down to the ball fields
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the start line in downtown Anchorage
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the trail wove through Anchorage - some intersections were temp closed
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#61 - Matt Hayashida greeting fans on the trail
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sled dogs are anxious to start
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arial shot of the Town Square in downtown Anchorage
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Senator Murkowski in the crowd on 4th Ave
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Dogs ready to run in downtown Anchorage
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#54 - Peter Kaiser's lead dogs
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#28 - veteran Mitch Seavey won in 2004 and continue to come back for more
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#23 - Hans Gatt runs his dogs around the corner to the start - guess he didn't retire!
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#12 - Melissa Owens inches up to the start in downtown Anchorage
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they don't call this suicide hill for nothing!
