Getting expensive

I was talking with a friend about going to Alaska a few years ago. It was something on my 'bucket list' after I retired. The price of fuel was going up and I was starting to question if I should go or not. I was estimating the trip was going to be 12- 13 thousand miles (turned out to be about 13,500 miles). I averaged just under 10 miles per gallon. So, a little over 1300 gallons. Friend said, if the price of fuel goes up $1/gallon and your getting close to 10 miles per gallon, are you not going to go, because your spending $1300 more? This was something that my wife and I really wanted to do and it was worth it for us. We spent less on other things and made it work.