Comment on meeting other rv.net travelers: The 2013 related list was started by Janet and she did a lot of posts which helped to keep interest in fellow travelers to Alaska. As a result of that I met 9 other travelers with signs.
That didn't happen in 2015 from the posts. In addition I was criticized on this thread for posting lists of travelers and I started that list because of the 2013 experience and we had planned to go this year.
Different thread, different expectations and different posters. But a lot of interesting posts.