Well, the best part about the checkpoints is surely the amenities for the dogs... warm straw, warm food, lots of rest, TLC time with the mushers , etc. Nice tents for the vets and mushers :)
The visitors are a little more challenged, but Finger Lake is really a great place to go. You just have to listen to your guides . I wore a pair of OR overboots (knee high) yesterday (over my Stegers) that I praised all day long. Got them last minute in sale bin at REI, an afterthought.
I overheard one older British man say, "They just drop you off and they don't tell you there is only one loo!" True, only one loo, and no one seems to use the bushes, quite formal for a grouping of wilderness persons :)
And Mike, a big guy, was moved to 3 planes, before he could take off. On landing, he was a bit surprised, as a first timer, to be asked to deliver the mail to the lodge (not visible from the landing strip". So he did :)
Our pilots were great and I'd highly recommend them. One time however my pilot left me at a checkpoint. Nice thing is that all people are helpful out there and on recommendation of another pilot, I ran across the river, waving my arms in the air, to a plane with its prop turning. "Could I have a ride?" "Oh sure, hop in! " Casual as that.
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