Hi Barb and David,
Great to see the acquisition of the new mount.
Personally, I would ignore the polar scope and go straight to learning to drift align.
Reason is that quite often the polar scope is not aligned with the axis of the mount. This can cause frustration, trust me...
Secondly, the altitude scale is only a sticker, may not be accurate.
Drift aligning sounds hard, but once you have done it a few times, it is like falling out of bed, and the results will speak volumes.
Hope this helps.
CS