Idita-mediabriefing

1Josh • 2nd Mar 2005 • blog entries, Iditarod, nome., travel

(ok, I’m stretching it with the titles….but its all about branding).

I am in Anchorage. I got in late last night, got the rental car, and drove to my Aunt & Uncle’s house without getting lost! Can I just tell you how much I like Anchorage? Its so cool here, and its nice to be back in civilization. I ate at Red Robin this evening….red robin! I had Costco pizza and a hot dog for lunch!! All stuff that you can’t get in Nome, I was thrilled.

I did some shopping today, got a sweet tan corduroy sport coat at value village for $15! I also got my hair cut, just as planned. At 2:00 I attended the Iditarod media briefing and registration. I picked up all the media passes for KICY, and then listened to them talk about the race for a few hours. I’m very excited, but also now I’m getting more bummed that I won’t be on more of the trail. There were tons of people there, and hopefully I’ll get hear some stories about where all the media people are coming from too. They gave us media guide packets with Bio’s of all the mushers and I’m already starting to write stories about them…hopefully I’ll be able to get all the interviews I need!

I’m also working with camp to figure out if we can get Hannah (and possibly myself) down to Alaska Christian College about 2 hours outside of Anchorage to recruit while she is here. Maybe if I had asked around more than just a week ahead of time; planning like this would be easier, but I didn’t and it isn’t. We will see what happens.

I think that’s it for now folks. Tomorrow is a day to sleep in a bit, slowly shop, and then in the evening its the world famous Musher’s Banquet.

P.S. This is my 100th post. I think I’ll reward myself with a trip to Anchorage…..