Neither of these fellows take run a canis familiaris squad to Nome but they represent the past, the nowadays and the hereafter of Iditarod. Who are these two fellows? What Iditarod volunteer job practice these men have in common? Where was this photograph taken?  Read on to find the answers to these questions.

It'south Monday forenoon. The postal service office at zero lawmaking 99667 is open for business. It's non simply any Monday forenoon. Information technology's the Mon after the start of Iditarod 2010. The race went through the 2nd checkpoint of Iditarod in less than 15 hours.

The first musher arrived in Skwentna effectually 9:00 pm (2100 hrs) Sunday evening and the terminal mushers left the checkpoint around apex on Monday. The early checkpoints are fast and furious. Mushers spread out every bit the race progresses and get in in the subsequently checkpoints over a longer menses of fourth dimension.

Skwentna Postmaster, Joe Delia stands behind the counter and visits with Keegan Fritts, a young man who grew upwardly in the customs of Skwentna. The Iditarod volunteer job they hold in mutual is checker. Joe was the checker for the first race and greeted every musher as they pulled into Skwentna for the next 25 years. When it became time to turn the work of the checkpoint over to younger legs and stronger backs, Rob Fritts became the adjacent checker. Afterwards eight or so years, Rob passed the official clipboard to members of the Darling family know as the River Coiffure who ran the river portion of the checkpoint. Now it's Keegan, Rob'due south son who holds the clipboard as the official checker.  Rob Fritts passed away in 2007 and Joe Delia in 2014.

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