(I wrote a blog a few weeks back about the Iditarod – click here if you’d like to check it out…)

Alaska Vacation Store has been doing Iditarod packages since 2005, and they’ve increased in popularity every year… to the point where they are booking up earlier and earlier. The problem planning an Iditarod adventure is that in some of the locations, lodging is very limited, so there is a limit to the number of guests we can accommodate.

That is the way it has been this year… until yesterday, when I was able to find a few more rooms in the Talkeetna area. That means we can take another party or two for the Iditarod this year. So if you’ve been thinking about coming to Alaska for the Iditarod, but figured it was too late, here’s your chance to see the Last Great Race.

Our packages start in Anchorage, then head to Willow and Talkeetna, where you will fly out to Rainy Pass checkpoint for the day. After that, there’s plenty of room to customize your trip.

As I mentioned, space is limited… but I am really glad I was able to find a little more space. One of the best parts of this job is making people’s dreams come true… and the Iditarod is a dream of a lot of people.

Here’s your chance!

A lot is made of the darkness in Alaska in the winter.

We do get some sun, though. Would you like to see how much?

Check out this video made last week at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. You get to see sunrise to sunset in one two-minute video.