{"id":881592,"date":"2025-05-08T13:39:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/?p=881592"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:04:15","slug":"tekla-butcher-monson-mushing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trafalgar.com\/real-word\/tekla-butcher-monson-mushing\/","title":{"rendered":"My life as the daughter of Iditarod legend Susan Butcher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We caught up with Tekla Butcher-Monson, the eldest daughter of four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champion Susan Butcher and Yukon Quest champion David Monson. These days the trained theater designer and director is based in Fairbanks, Alaska. Here she continues the family business, Trail Breaker Kennel<\/a>, where they race sled dogs and educate people about mushing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe dog’s enthusiasm for racing and pulling the sled is infectious. It’s what inspires me every single day, and I hope that it’ll inspire guests that come to visit.\u201d – Tekla Butcher-Monson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We asked Tekla to share more about her life in Alaska, the lasting legacy of her mother, Susan Butcher, how she inspires younger mushers today, and what happens when our Trafalgar guests meet her Alaskan Huskies on our Majestic Alaska tour<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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