March 14, 2015
At 153PM Saturday, Trent checked in to Galena. Galena was a Native American fishing camp and
in WWII became home to a military base and was a active forward operations base
during the cold war. The base has since
been shut down. The population of the
town is 470. On the 1925 Serum Run, Bill
McCarty and Edgar Noliner relayed the antitoxin from Ruby to Galena.
Trent covered the 50 miles from Ruby to Galena in 6 hours 33 minutes at an average speed of 7.63 mph.
I flew out to the Galena checkpoint to say hi to Trent and move on up the trail. A few pics of Galena, approach, meeting Trent at the checkpoint, and the dogs basking in the sun. I did find out from Trent that the 3-4 dogs who were “loose in the caboose” where not the only ones, and had not completely recovered. The entire team has diarrhea, and Trent and the vets administered another round of electrolytes and medicine. It seems that a lot of teams have the same condition as well. Trent says the team is doing great, but taking lots of water and lots of rest. Everyone is eating and hydrating well, and hopefully everyone plays through. Trent left Galena with all 16 dogs at 8PM after a 6 hour rest. We left at 430, and Trent was just getting his own meal so I am sure he had less than 2 hours rest before pulling the hook and heading to Huslia.
Tim