Musher David Sawatzky tosses a carnation to a makeshift memorial Sunday as he passes the Joe Redington home on Knik-Goose Bay Road. Shortly after leaving the first checkpoint at Knik, each musher added a flower in remembrance of the father of the Iditarod, who died last summer, and some stopped to speak to his widow, Vi, standing at center right. (Photo by Marc Lester)