JULY 27TH, NORTH POLE, AK

This morning we dropped Rudy off at Noah's Ark Veternarian and Groomer. He really needed a little tidying up and a pedicure. He looked so sad being left in a strange place, I felt really guilty. However, we went back to the RV park to pick up Maddie, Dave and their daughter Dottie to head out to the North Pole. Dottie flew in from Mass. to caravan with us until we leave Anchorage. She is lots of fun and adds some spark to this aging group.

At the North Pole, we purchased some Christmas ornaments and did some paper work for later on this year :-) and decided to drive back to downtown Fairbanks for lunch. We had sandwiches at Soapy Smith's and visited the Yukon Quest (a sled dog race of 1000 miles from Fairbanks to Whitehorse. Fairbanks is larger than Whitehorse in the Yukon, but still relatively small. After lunch, we went back to the RV park, where Denny and I both took naps. I had been up since 4 and needed it bad.

After a supper of left-overs, we went to Pioneer Park for square dancing. Our new Fairbanks friend that helped us out at the ceremony, had arranged for our square dancers to meet with their square dance club and several of us went to watch. However, they got us all out there for a couple of dances and we had lots of fun. In between Tips(2 consecutive dances), they take breaks and tell stories and jokes. We had a lot of laughs and it was fun to meet the locals. We all got our Fartherest North Square Dance pins. Of course, this particular group can't go anywhere without stopping for ice cream on the way home. Nice evening