ArchrikerHG posted:

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no one going can take off more than 9 days (My mom is the most limited, as she has just started up a new clinic and is one of the head people and she gets too far behind if she misses), and that's really more than we want anyways...with 2 young kids, 9 days away from home is a long time, especially with the youngest being only 1 as of a few days ago. Someone has to be with her at every waking moment, and in the near vicinity 24/7.

Plus, as I said, it's 5 of us and 2 kids, minimum. We have 2 retired neighbors who want to go if they can, and I have 2 great Aunts/Uncles (as in 4 people) who want to go also if time permits...So anywhere from 7 to 13 people, and none of those options allow for RV's.

Also, one of the great Aunts will NOT go to Alaska in a vehicle. They went up there when my other great aunt and Uncle lived in Alaska (they are the other couple thinking about going, they lived there for 10 years...in Anchorage I think) and rented an RV...They were driving around sight-seeing on their last day there and went down a road they shouldn't have (was a small road with no barriers on the side and it got even smaller the further they went in)...They got to a point where they decided to turn around and found a wide area. They ended up backing up a foot or so too far and the road/ground underneath it broke up and slid down. They rolled backwards down about a 40 foot drop (not straight down, but WAYYY too steep for a vehicle to be on, especially that size), and flipped over 3 or 4 times. Luckily someone had seen them turn on the road who knew the area and decided to go check on them after not seeing them come back after a while.

so anyways, an RV would be out of the question for multiple reasons Plus, none of us have ever been on a cruise, and my parents have been to Alaska before in a car...That's not gonna happen again.

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