To top it off, the couple had Iditarod legend DeeDee Jonrowe officiate the ceremony.
SUSITNA RIVER, Alaska - As 33 Iditarod teams were beginning the race of their years, one couple from Palmer were beginning the race of their lives.
The couple both grew up with the Iditarod firmly entrenched in their childhoods — Crystal is from Pilot Point and Nicholas is from Sand Point, both small communities on the Aleutian Chain — and she now works as a practice manager at Mat-Su Health Services in Wasilla, while Nicholas is a sales representative for a heavy equipment company in Anchorage.
Crystal Gundersen married her sweetheart Nicholas with Iditarod veteran DeeDee Jonrowe officiating while teams of sled dogs passed behind them Sunday afternoon. The celebratory weekend began Saturday morning in Downtown Anchorage with the ceremonial start, where Crystal rode along with Fairbanks musher Riley Dyche in the, which awards a few dozen lucky fans with a ride in the sled of one of the mushers in the field.
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