Dang! as a favorite friend might say. I was traveling when this thread was running so I didn't see it. Alaska Mike, have you heard anything further? In any case, what a joyful moment. (I picture your Iditarod song done as an animated film. I would love to see those critters.)

I seem to recall that Mike will NOT be at the Getaway 2005 because of conflicts with his UK travel. Unless your plans have changed?

Don't forget that the Alaska folk festival is coming up next week- maybe you could hop down here? (For those who don't know, Anchorage, where Alaska Mike lives, and Juneau, Alaska, where I live, are well over 500 miles apart. And that is by air. Much farther by road and ocean.)