We are at the McKinley Princess Lodge for a couple of days. We are supposed to have a wonderful view of the South Face of Denali. However, all we can see are clouds. In fact, we've been to Denali Park about four times now, five for Tom, and we still haven't had a really good sighting of the mountain. A couple of times we saw it briefly through the clouds last year but I'm thinking this just isn't something that is going to be. We are however enjoying this lodge - so nice and spread out. All of the young folks working here must be flown in from other countries - lots of other countries. Nice kids.

On the train coming up we had one of these Dome cars. For years I have wanted to travel in one of these special train cars and it ended up being pretty nice. Tom and I were lucky to have a table all to ourselves.

We took Roxie to the kennel to stay while we were traveling this week. Now, remember that we had felt really bad leaving her there for a whole month while we were in Georgia. She did seem glad to see us when we returned. However, we were really feeling bad about taking her back so soon - even if it was only for a few nights. We drove up the driveway to the kennel, Roxie got a whiff and went nuts. She flew into the front seat on top of Tom and about crawled out the window to get to the door. We were a little surprised. But the worst was when we got inside - her pulling us with all her might. She was so glad to see the boarding woman - just gave all of her attention to that woman - not even looking at us again - her tail wagging like mad. Tom was actually a little despondent in the car afterwards - saying that we were too old to have a young dog like Roxie. What can I say - we have to make life more exciting for her. I suspect it is all the dog socialization she gets there. They get exercized three hours a day in a big place with other dogs so I suspect that is what Roxie remembered. I'm sure other dogs are much more fun for her than me and Tom.

I see a break in the clouds - have to go.