Leigh’s travelogue

Asleep on the Gangline

Asleep on the Gangline

A sled dog team sleeps at the 4th checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail

Arriving at the checkpoint

Arriving at the checkpoint

A dog sled team arrives at the 4th checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail

Aerial view of Finger Lake Checkpoint, Iditarod Trail

Aerial view of Finger Lake Checkpoint, Iditarod Trail

14 sled dog teams resting on piles of hay at the 4th checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail

Dog nests

Dog nests

Sled dogs asleep at an Iditarod Trail checkpoint

Tuckered out

Tuckered out

Sled dogs resting at Finger ake checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Finger Lake, AK - 4th checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail, teams of sled dogs resting

Gee-Haw! Today I am an Iditarider

Personal Post written 3 March 2008

The pulsing excitement of downtown Anchorage for the ceremonial start of the Iditarod

Leigh Leveen

Leigh Leveen has been a member since 15 January 2008 and goes by lkleveen.

Currently in Los Angeles.

I am a mother of two, living in LA. Those are the realities. At heart, I suffer from deep wanderlust. I am a freelance writer; previously an entertainment executive. I write during naptime, and see my adventure to Alaska as one giant opportunity to write as often as I want uninterrupted.