Heading into the 24

Teams are beginning to think about where are they going to take their mandatory 24 hour break.  Many Teams have a schedule, and send out food drop bags for a 24 hour rest for their A plan, B plan and C plan.  Now they need to decide where their Team needs that rest.  Petit and Joar seem to go long....go into Ophir or even Iditarod to take their long rest.  Others tend to prefer the human creature comforts of Takotna or McGrath.  Petit is the first person to pull into McGrath, and is still there as I write this. Joar, who rested some back in Nikolai has blown threw McGrath and is now in the lead heading towards Takotna at mile 316.  Other Teams are making their way into McGrath.....like Jessie Royer at mile 303, Kaiser at mile 301, Aliy at mile 298, and Matt Hall at mile 295.  I suspect since all of these Team rested back in Nikolai they will follow Joars lead out towards Takotna. The question remains where will Teams take their 24.....who will be the first into the halfway checkpoint of Iditarod....and what will be the trail conditions in this little used portion of trail?