Amused/Annoyed: March 2010 Archives

I'm pretty swamped with my freelance project and don't have much to report. Work at work, work at home, sleep, repeat. I'm looking forward to the weekend. Even though I'll still be working on the freelance project, there should be time in there for a run, a bike ride, a breakfast with friends, and hopefully a few other fun activities.

For today though, enjoy this email from a few days ago. It's from Jose's friend Meryl. She grew up in Unalakleet, Alaska, a small town on the west coast that is one of the checkpoints along the Iditarod route. This year's race was won on March 16 after just under 9 days on the trail.

The Iditarod dog race is going on right now, and I've been keeping track of the news on it. Today I read about what the mushers are eating along the trail. Some are eating lasagna prepared by their wives, moose chimichangas, caribou stroganoff, chicken alfredo...pretty normal stuff in Alaska. But one guy is eating this:

"Iditarod veteran Paul Gebhardt of Kasilof is packing McDonald's quarter-pounders with cheese. He's also bringing breakfast burritos his wife makes with bacon, eggs, hash browns and salsa, as well as his own concoction: french bread sandwiches with grape jelly spread on one half, Miracle Whip on the other, then heaped with roast pork and ketchup."

Sounds delish. He also eats Twinkies along the trail. He explains why, "It's fascinating to school kids because Twinkies don't freeze -- ever," he said. "At 65 below a Twinkie is still soft."

Aren't Twinkies amazing? Just thought I'd give you all something to be hungry for when it comes time to lunch today.