MICHAEL... GIGI HERE RESPONDING TO YOUR RESPONSE TO MY ANSWERS TO THE BLOG QUESTION ABOUT TRAVEL TO ALASKA.                                I TELL IT LIKE IT IS, HOW IT REALLY IS AND WHAT I HAVE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED, NOT WHAT I READ IN TRAVEL MAGAZINES.                                 I DO NOT LIVE THE BORING MUNDANE LIFE OF A CITY DWELLER WHO ONLY TAKES THEIR MOTORHOMES OR TRAVEL TRAILERS ON ASPHALT OR CAMPS OUT ONLY IN CAMPGROUNDS OR MALL PARKING LOTS OR GOES IN PLANNED CARAVANS. WHICH ARE ALL WELL AND GOOD FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO TRAVEL LIKE THAT.                                 I WROTE MY RESPONSE FOR RVER’S WHO TRAVEL MONTHS AT A TIME OR LIVE ON THE ROAD CONTINUALLY AND GO TO FAR OUT PLACES.                                I ALSO DO NOT USUALLY MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE OR THEIR RESPONSES BUT SINCE YOU ARE NOT THE SENSITIVE TYPE, I MUST SAY I LAUGHED SO HARD AT YOUR RESPONSE AS IT HAD TO COME FROM SOMEONE WHO IS A RV WANNA BE OR RENTS ONE FOR A YEARLY VACATION.                                 AND COUNTING 10 TRIPS TO ALASKA AS 20 IS REALLY SO FAR REACHING AND NOT ONLY READS LIKE A FANTASY FICTION NOVEL BUT IS DOWNRIGHT NOT TRUTHFUL.                                 AND THE BOOK, THE MILEPOST, IS JUST THAT.. IT IS ABOUT EACH MILEPOST ON THE MAIN ALASKA HIGHWAYS ONLY. JUST LIKE A MILE POST OR MILE MARKER ON ANY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ANYWHERE IN AMERICA = BUT IT DOES NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THE BACK ROADS OR WILDERNESS ROADS.                                SO LET US BE FAIR AND TELL IT LIKE IT IS. IF PEOPLE WANT TO TRAVEL ON MAIN HIGHWAYS, THEN WHAT YOU SAY IS USUALLY CORRECT (EXCEPT FOR THE MOOSE AND BEAR ATTACKS) AND FOR THOSE WHO TRAVEL OFF THE BEATEN TRACKS AND IN WILDERNESS AREAS, I DO KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT.                                I PERSONALLY WITNESSED AND CAME TO THE AID OF TWO MOTORISTS WHO WERE ATTACKED BY BULL MOOSE IN JUNE 2007 ON ALASKA HIGHWAY 2. I HAVE THE PHOTOS TO PROVE IT. BOTH OF THEIR VEHICLES WERE DESTROYED AND THEY ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES.                                 THIS YEAR, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED BY BULL MOOSE ATTACKING THEIR VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAYS. ONE BEING A TOURIST FROM HAWAII IN A RENTAL CAR IN ANCHORAGE.                                I TRAVEL TO THE REAL ALASKA - TO BETHEL, NOME, PRUDHOE BAY, AND ALL WILDERNESS AREAS IN BETWEEN TO AS FAR SOUTH ONLY TO ANCHORAGE.                                 WHERE BY THE WAY IT WAS 24 HOUR DAYLIGHT FROM MAY TILL AUG LAST YEAR WHERE I WAS.                                 I ALSO HAVE A HOME THERE, IN THE MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS WHERE I CAN LOOK DOWN ON THE ENTIRE CITY AND COOKS INLET ETC.                                 THERE ARE BEAR WARNINGS UP EVERYWHERE AS WE HAVE SEVERAL WILD BEARS (NOT CIRCUS OR ZOO ONES) ROAMING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND NUMEROUS PETS ARE KILLED YEARLY ALONG WITH A LOT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE.                                 I LOVE ALASKA BUT WHERE I GO,,, YOU NEED DVD'S OR VIDEOS TO WATCH UNLESS YOU JUST WANT TO SIT AND LOOK AT YOURSELF IN YOUR MOTORHOME FOR WEEKS AT A TIME WHILE OUT IN A WILDERNESS AREA.                                 I OWN SEVERAL HOMESITES IN VARIOUS FAR OUT WILDERNESS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT I HAVE TO LEAVE THE MOTORHOME AND WALK UP TO SEVEN MILES ONE WAY TO REACH THROUGH WOODS WHERE AN ATV OR SNOWMOBILE CAN NOT TRAVEL.                                 IN THE WINTER TIME I CAN GET IN CLOSER BY DRIVING ON THE RIVERS. I LIVE AND TRAVEL IN THE REAL ALASKA, NOT JUST ON THE HIGHWAYS GOING FROM CITY TO CITY.                                 MY COMMENTS WERE FOR EVERYONE; BUT MAINLY I WAS ANSWERING TRUTHFULLY FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY GO PLACES AND TRAVEL TO OUT OF THE WAY LOCATIONS. LOCATIONS MY FRIENDS AND I GO TO ARE ONLY NOTED AS GPS LOCATIONS; NOT BY TOWN OR CITY NAMES.                                 AND OF COURSE, IF YOU STAY IN ANY CITY, THERE IS VERY LITTLE FEAR OF BEING ATTACKED BY ANYTHING WILDER THAN TAXES OR MUGGERS. (YOU CAN LOOK UP CRIME STATISTICS FOR ANY CITY).                                I ALSO WORK AIR FLIGHT RECOVERY AND WE GO TO RECOVER BODIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY WILD BEAR, POLAR BEARS, MOOSE AND OTHER ANIMALS ONCE THEY OR WHAT PARTS OF THEM ARE LEFT ARE FOUND BY OTHERS AND REPORTED IN. AND YES, A LOT ARE IN POPULATED AREAS OF CAMP SITES AND STATE FORESTS ETC. IT IS VERY REWARDING TO RETURN LOVED ONES TO THEIR FAMILIES. RAISED IN FLORIDA, I ALSO DID DEEP SEA BODY RECOVERY OF PEOPLE LOST AT SEA (ON THE ATLANTIC OCEAN) EITHER FROM SHIP WRECKS, SUICIDES OR MURDERS OR DRUNKEN TOURISTS FALLING OFF CRUISE SHIPS.                                I, TOO, KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN ANCHORAGE FOR OVER 80 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT ON THE MAIN HIGHWAYS; BUT THAT IS NOT THE TYPE OF TRIPS I GO ON. AND I THOUGHT THE PERSON ASKING ABOUT THE TRIP TO ALASKA WAS A TRAVELLER LIKE MYSELF AND DID NOT SPEND THEIR TRIPS STAYING OVERNIGHT IN WALMART OR MALL SHOPPING CENTERS. WHICH IS OK; JUST NOT MY CUP OF TEA.                                ANYONE CAN GO TO WWW.ADN.COM - WHICH IS ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS WEBSITE AND READ ALL THE ARCHIVES THEY WANT ON WILD ANIMALS ATTACKING AND KILLING HUMANS IN THE STATE OR ANY OF THE OTHER CITY NEWSPAPERS OR THEY CAN CHECK THE STATE WEBSITES AND THE REPORTS ARE THERE. KILLINGS EVEN IN THE CITIES, LIKE ANCHORAGE.                                ALSO, ALASKA TROOPERS AND OTHER OFFICERS WILL STOP YOU IN WILDERNESS LOCATIONS AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE STATE LAW IN GALLONS OF GAS, TIRES AND WATER, FOOD, ETC TO TRAVEL TO WILDERNESS AREAS = THEY WILL TURN YOU BACK OR YOU WILL BE ARRESTED. IT IS ALL ON THE LAWBOOKS AND EASY TO LOOK UP FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW IT.                                 AND FOR CERTAIN AREAS, THE STATE LAW IS THAT IF YOU HAVE AN RV - MOTORHOME - TRAVEL TRAILER THEN YOU MUST CARRY A MINIMUM OF TEN (10) TIRES. SO FOR YOU TO MAKE FUN OF ME POINTING OUT THOSE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT STATE LAWS TO INFORM NEWCOMERS TO ALASKA IS SAD BECAUSE FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU WHO SAYS THEY HAVE ACTUALLY LIVED IN ANCHORAGE AND FOR YOU TO NOT TO KNOW THOSE LAWS IS UNBELIEVABLE.                                 ENJOY LIFE; BUT KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE BEFORE YOU GO. GIGI