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[ronsmith100]

You all have been so helpful
Truly concerned for eggkind.


So I will go to Alaska and credit card be damned.


However I would still be open to donations.
I take Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and PayPal

You can donate here at his url ronsmithisdreaming.com

Bless you all

[Bobbie Mayer]

How about finding someone who wants to go to Alaska, too, and one of you drive the trailer up and the other pull it back home? Air fare back is cheaper than 3500 miles of pulling the trailer.

OR... find someone in Alaska who wants a trailer and TV brought up, drive it up for them, and fly back. (Not as much fun as taking your own, though.)

Bobbie

[Mary F]

One other consideration, Ron. If you don't go, what will you do instead? (Will that truck stay parked?) You can deduct, from the cost of the Alaska trip, whatever gaso expense you would have anyway, if you just stayed home... It might not be the $10/day that you "need" but it'll close the gap a little. (Example, if I stay home and go to and from work, run errands, etc. my gaso costs about $4.50US/day... and that's in the small sedan.)

[Mike Watters]

Cost of gas stopping a trip...

Ok... we're talking a two month trip.

You're concerned about the cost of gas for that trip.

I can see that.

My question is this: What are all your other expenses? What is the TOTAL cost of this trip?

There's:

Gas - $2000
Food - ??? (cooking yourself or restaurants?)
Campground fees - ???
Entertainment - ??? (in case you want to catch a movie on a rainy day, park admission etc)
Shopping - ??? (I can't be the only one who brings home junk)

My point is this: You're not talking about a $600 out of $2000 difference. You're talking about a $600 out of $??? (likely more like $4000-$5000 - I dunno). It's a matter of scale. The cost of the trip is more than just gas - a lot more.

If the money is tight - it's tight and there's not a lot to be done about that (short of garage sales and scrimping). Alaska's a beautiful place though, there's no denying that.

Course - at $2k - Airplanes and Cruise ships are really cushy. That may be blasphemy on this site - but it's true. Not every trip has to be a camping trip after all.

[Pete Dumbleton]

I've told a number of non-RV friends that the best way I could think of to see Alaska-Yukon Terr representative sights in a short time is to fly into Whitehorse YT. There, one rents a car and drives to Haines Jct and then down to Haines AK, take ferry to Skagway AK and then drive back up to Whitehorse. You would see tundra, mountains, lakes, rainforest, coast and lots of wildlife, all in a 350 mile weekend circle, staying in B&Bs. Trip has to be planned around ferry schedule.