HUMAN

Name: LYNNE DANIELSON
Age: 63
Residence: POULSBO, WASHINGTON
Occupation: GENERAL MANAGER OF THE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT
Years involved with Iditarod: THIS IS MY 11TH
Iditarod Role: I AM THE LEAD IN COMMS
Current Location: KALTAG, ALASKA
Date of Photo: MARCH 10, 2019
Temperature: 33F / OUTDOORS

What is your Why?.. Why are you here today and involved in Iditarod?:

I’M HERE AS A CONTINUITY. MY MOM GOT ME INVOLVED IN IT. SHE WAS HERE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME AND I CAME UP AND KIND OF, I GUESS, CAUGHT IT. AND IT ALLOWS ME TO GET AWAY FROM MY REAL LIFE AND COME OUT HERE WHERE IT’S PRISTINE AND QUIET AND AROUND PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE A SECOND FAMILY.

Tell me about your most rewarding experience on Iditarod?:

THE FIRST TIME I EVER WENT TO NOME AND VOLUNTEERED. SO IT WAS THE SECOND YEAR I WAS HERE. I VOLUNTEERED IN COMMUNICATIONS AND IN THE DOG YARD. THAT WAS THE WINTER THAT REDOUBT KEPT EXPLODING, SO WE GOT STUCK IN NOME FOR AN EXTRA TWO DAYS. AND I WAS THERE WITH MY MOM AND SO WE GOT TO SPEND THAT TIME TOGETHER.

What do you know for sure?:

THAT FAMILIES DON’T ALWAYS LOOK THE SAME. THAT FAMILY ISN’T WHO YOU’RE RELATED TO BY BLOOD, IT’S WHO YOU RELATE TO. WHETHER IT’S PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMMON INTERESTS OR COMMON RELATIVES OR JUST COMMON GOALS.