It's Iditerod Time....Go doggies Go!!

It's Iditerod time once again.  Here is a shot of a sled dog racer and his dogsled dogs.  We took this shot from the roof of the downtown shopping mall.   

Here is video of a sled team in action!

Temperatures were much colder than last week, 15 degrees colder to be exact, and there was a brisk north wind around 15mph.  Brrrrr!  We just bundled up and hoped for the best.  Everyone say, "Icicle"!  Grandma and Grandpa were in town from California for Cedric's 6th birthday.  It's just a little colder here.  Just a little.  But with the right amount and style of clothes, anyone can enjoy the outdoors.  

The view was great, but we (read kids) couldn't take the cold, so we headed down to street level to watch the dogs.  

Here is video of sled dogs raring to go.... Here is the family.  Everyone (read kids) is happier now.  The wind isn't blowing as much and when we stayed in the sun, it actually felt...well...warm.  We knew the kids were comfortable because they kept asking to ride the carnival rides.  They just didn't understand why we said no.  LOL  

After watching the doggies run, we checked out the ice sculptures at the town square.  Here Jim is chilling out in an ice chair.  

Not to be outdone....Blake takes a cool break.  ;-)

I don't even know what this sculpture was, but Cedric and Blake fit in it perfectly.  

Now this is the coolest...no pun intended...ok maybe just a little pun.  Anyway, this is an ice slide.  Isn't it beautiful?  

Whhhhhheeeeeeee!  Blake needed me to go on the slide with him.  Let's just say he didn't have to "twist my arm".  An ice slide?  I'm so there!

Happy Cedric after his slippery slide on the ice.  

We paid one more visit to the snow sculptures to show my Dad and Step Mom.  Dad was all over this one since he's really into space stuff AND camping.  :-)