Top left picture is me, Dani Haviland, daughter Bibb at 13, brother and illustrator of the cover of DANCES NAKED, Tony Woodward, and older sister, Jane Martin. We are standing in front of the tallest mountain in North America, Mt. McKinley.

Middle picture, from the left, is my eldest daughter, Audie Leah Gehring, Bibb, me, fourth daughter and Plymouth, Massachusetts resident, Edye Rogers. Lower level is third daughter, Hana Rogers and her elder daughter, Kira. Missing is second daughter, Shasta Rogers, the only blond in the bunch. That, folks, is what a bunch of Mayflower descendants and Daughters of the Utah Pioneers look like.

RH photo is our former governor, Sarah Palin and her very young son, Trig. Tony is excited that she came to join the Fourth of July festivities with him and his fellow Chugiak residents. Please note that even though this picture was taken on the Fourth of July, everyone is wearing a jacket. Life in Alaska...