  
                Ceremonial start in Anchorage
                  
                Karen Hypnotizing one of her
                dogs ( perhaps Kira? ) to be a TOUGH Iditarod sled dog 
                
                  
                Wheel dogs at the Ceremonial
                Start. Innisfree Pirate on right. 
                  
                Wheel dogs ready to GO! 
                  
                Karen & Jamie Nelson 
                
                Karen pauses for a picture
              with her Iditarider, husband Mark looks on. 
                  
                Karen wearing Native snowgoggles 
                  
                Karen in the dog yard at Norris's
                (Notice the Canadian flags on stakes, those are her dogs) 
                  
                Karen by the dog truck 
                  
                One of Karen's tables at the
                Mushers Banquet. 
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