Part 2– Both my Dad and my older brother Laird had left Ophir about the time Joe and I had gotten in, and this was on my mind as I saddled up in the last part of the afternoon. Things had been going poorly since the beginning of the race back in Anchorage, and now […]
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The Bravest Thing
June 25, 2011 
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I’ve lived an adventurous life witness to numerous acts of heroic bravery–the following passage is an essay detailing one the bravest things I’ve witnessed in my personal life . 1– I love my dogs. I love the places they take me. I love their spirit and heart and quiet heroism. Yes, that’s right: heroism. My […]
Continue readingDogs, Burgers & Love ~ H. Barron
April 1, 2011 19 Comments
Okay folks, I was up with insomnia last night and wrote this post… Since Jason’s still on the road, maybe I’ll try and embarrass him a little bit…on his own blog no less (he he). It was the summer of 1993, and I was working as a dish washer at the Back Country Lodge, deep […]
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March 22, 2011 4 Comments
I hope everybody enjoyed my impromptu dog mushing coverage during the 2011 race season—I had no firm plans to write about the big races before the season began, and ended up diving in headfirst on a spur of the moment call. My visitors counter sky-rocketed during the Iditarod, and now that the race is finally […]
Continue readingI saw Sasquatch on the ’93 Iditarod #2
March 9, 2011 0 Comments
Part 2– Both my Dad and my older brother Laird had left Ophir about the time Joe and I had gotten in, and this was on my mind as I saddled up in the last part of the afternoon. Things had been going poorly since the beginning of the race back in Anchorage, and now […]
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