Gerry Willomitzer's
Blackjack Racing Kennel
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January 28,  2005

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Leslie was volunteered into making a pile of bagels with cream cheese and bacon.
These bagels can be consumed for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so they are perfect for a 1000-mile
musher who does not know anymore if it's day or night.
I guess I will really hate bagels after the Quest.

Marcus Lejion at the bandsaw. In the foreground some sliced meat,
ready to be packed into feeding sized portions.

While watching movies I prepared some of my gear in the living room.
Here you see already sorted by checkpoint:
matches, batteries for headlamps, camera, GPS and small headlamps,
two kinds of foot ointment, foot powder, spare gloves (2 kinds), garbage bags,
heat packs, dog food supplements and - actually that's it.

The drop bags all ready to go: After a long night with little sleep I had my 35 bags packed and ready
to be shipped. In these bags are 7 different kinds of meat, kibble, all my small gear items
(shown on previous picture), spare clothing, runner plastic (10 sets), dog coats and belly blanketts.
All 35 bags have my name and the destination checkpoint on both sides, as well as a tag listing all contents.
During the race I carry a list of the contents of each bag so that I know what items I have in each checkpoint and each bag.