Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Fur Rondy

The city of Anchorage goes all out in February with winter celebrations. This past weekend we attended a few of the dozens of activities and events planned for the Fur Rondy Festival. The long name is the Fur Rendezvous which started back in the pioneer days when the trappers would come to town and auction off their pelts. We managed to take in the parade, dog sled race, carnival, fur auction, model train display, snow carving, and the running of the reindeer (think of the running of the bulls). This coming weekend the big dog sled race, the Iditarod, will have its ceremonial start in Anchorage on Saturday and the official start in Willow on Sunday.

1 comment:

Carey Beth said...

You guys do the coolest stuff. I love checking your blog to see what fun thing you guys are up to now.
Love the snowboarding video clip too.
Miss you guys!
Carey & Brian