While winter is slow to come in Fairbanks this fall, there is not doubt it will arrive. Time to look fast forward to the spring time, Iditarod time. What is the next best thing to running the race? Joining my friend Laurent Dick on his " Iditarod 2014 Northern Lights Tour ". Laurent is not only an excellent photographer, he has lived in Nome and knows all the right places to visit. Check out his tour here: www.wildalaskatravel.com.

For the next couple to weeks I will leave the Greatland behind and travel to the old Homecountry.  Good old Germany. …