Yukon Quest 2015 – Day 11
In the end is wasn’t close with Brent gaining an hour on Allen in the run to the finish at Fairbanks at 1:52AM CST with Allen coming in at 3:06AM.
Ed Hopkins made it in at 11:02PM CST.
Rob Cooke and the Red Lantern are now in Circle.
The Current Standings at 11:30PM CST (8:30PM AKST):
Finish
1 Brent Sass (2)
2 Allen Moore (1)
3 Ed Hopkins (20)
Beyond Two Rivers
4 Damon Alexander Tedford (7)R
5 Hugh Neff (26)
6 Normand Casavant (3)
Beyond Mile 101
7 Jason Campeau (24)R
8 Torsten Kohnert (14)
9 Mike Ellis (22)
At Mile 101
10 Dave Dalton (11)
11 Nicholas Vanier (5)R
12 Brian Wilmshurst (17)
At Central
13 Ryne Olson (16)R
Beyond Circle
14 Kristin Knight Pace (12)R
15 Lance Mackey (8)
At Circle
16 Rob Cooke (21)Φ
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February 17, 2015 Comments Off on Yukon Quest 2015 – Day 11
Shrove Tuesday
The last day before the beginning of Lent on the Gulf Coast that once belonged to France, it is Mardi Gras, “Fat Tuesday”: Laissez les bon temps rouler!
It was first celebrated in Mobile, Alabama, but the big show these days is in New Orleans, and it is a holiday in the state of Louisiana, because people wouldn’t show up for work anyway, so why fight it.
The tradition is to serve King cake, which is a circle of cinnamon bun dough with a white frosting on top sprinkled with sugar colored purple, gold, and green. If that weren’t bad enough, they put the figurine of a baby in the dough, and whoever finds it in their piece is supposed to be lucky. Actually if you find it and don’t choke on it, I guess you are lucky. You should use a small ceramic figurine, as some of the cheap plastic versions melt in the oven [yummy].
February 17, 2015 Comments Off on Shrove Tuesday
