King takes K300 lead

Aniak checkpoint:John Baker arrived in Aniak first followed 1 minute later by Jeff King. John was complaining about his arm, and dropped one dog. Jeff King checked in and immediately left Aniak taking the lead. Baker left next followed by Martin Buser. Pete Kaiser is looking really good and hanging with the leaders. It looks like most teams are spending very little time in Aniak. Ed Iten was one musher who decided to stop in Aniak to snack his dogs and said the reason it took so long on the run from Kalskag to Aniak was all the icy spots on the river during that stretch. Hugh Neff's team initially did not want to leave town, so he decided to snack them. Then they got entangled with Ken Anderson's team, and once they got untangled they were ready to go. Some pictures are now available at http://picasaweb.google.com/crowvillage/2009K300.