Mouth to Snout to Finish Line – The Best Iditarod Story Ever.
The Iditarod sled dog race is officially over. The last musher reached Nome in the wee hours of this morning, and got the traditional “red lantern award.” There are always great Iditarod stories, but this year had one of the best ever. Was it Dallas Seavey being the youngest winner ever? Pfft. No. Martin and Rohn Buser – father and son – crossing in a photo finish? Nice, but nuh-uh. The best story belonged to the 39th place finisher Scott Janssen, better known to all as the “mushing mortician.” Here is his bio: Scott Janssen, the “Mushing Mortician,” 50, was…