Galena Spring Carnival 2011 First Place Snowshoe race

March 2011 -back yard by birch tree.

I used my dad's racing snowshoes as I outgrew my child size ones he made years ago. My older cousin wrapped myself and nephew Sheldon,8, in a sled under blue tarp and hauled us for almost two hours over the Yukon River to the annual Galena Carnival. I wanted to go for years. My snowshoes untied and I tripped as the race was crowded but I kept running. I hear teens calling "Go Kid!" so I guess I was a surprise favorite. No one really knows me in that village. They gave us trophies, in Ruby we receive ribbons and award money. This was so cool. Sheldon came in 2nd. dad made me a new pair of race snowshoes, so this was a great month. Later I was in Ruby with boys age 10 to 13 and I came in second.