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Having been to Alaska a few times I really would not want to go with a group. Too confining. There were many times we stayed in a place for a week or so and at some places that we read about we left after an hour. I really think it's best to explore at your leisure and do things that YOU want to do. Of course, everyone is different. We met people along the route that we would meet up with at another place. We shared experiences. It really isn't a difficult trip... just long.

It would be rare to have snow mid-May especially below the Rim. We rafted the canyon in mid-May and swam in the river. It was very hot. We did have one unplanned swim though. Our paddle boat flipped all 7 of us out going through Upset Rapids, rightly named! Also, we did fit our 40' in the campground but only a few sites would work. 😊

I'd suggest you contact the backcountry office at Grand Canyon. This may help: https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/blog/grand-canyon-rim-rim-hike#:~:text=On this epic Grand Canyon,again to the South Rim. "You can also show up at the Backcountry Office (in person) and request a last-minute permit. If you don't get a spot, you get put on a waitlist with better odds every day you are on it."

"Everything else" is not dry camping. There are many RV park in the area. I just now looked at if the OP wants a 'resort' he may look into Grand Plateau RV Resort. https://gprvresort.com/ https://www.campendium.com/utah/kanab There's also Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park which is a beauty & a 'must see' even if not camping there. Also, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary is worth a tour. It's in a gorgeous setting. Here's Kaibab Camper Village https://www.campendium.com/arizona/jacob-lake

No 'resorts' around there. Check for parks in Jacob Lake, AZ & Kanab, UT. There's also DeMotte Nat'l Forest campground just outside the gate ..... very nice, as is getting a site in the park itself. Also, lots of boondocking spots in the area.

I'm trying not to roll my eyes 🤪 but you have 7 days to drive 2500 miles with two dogs? It will take 2 days to get across Texas! Are you the only driver? I'd recommend not making reservations and just stop when you get tired. Use WalMarts or Cracker Barrels or even truck stops. That's not really 'boondocking'. You don't have to know how. Just park and you're there. Nothing else to do!

I've heard this one is good. https://blueskyrvservice.com/ Get 2 or 3 estimates and details on how they would fix it and then choose one.

Then definitely the route I gave above.

Exactly what city are you leaving from in Utah. That makes a difference. In general..... I-80 to I-5 to Williams, CA then Hwy 20 to 101 north is an easy route.

Our Garmin is around 15 yr old and we still use it! It hasn't given us wrong directions yet.

620 used to be set aside for someone with a handicap and required electric when the rest of the park was full.

I think you mean there is ONE boondocking area with no hookups; not one spot. The boondocking area doesn't have hookups; hence "boondocking". Dry camping are the sites in BLUE. https://skpsaguaro.org/park-map-dry-camping/

We had a lot for many years at the Saguaro Co-op in Benson. It had a wonderful casita on it. It's a terrific, friendly park with lots of activities and excellent participation. Absolutely loved it! We also had a lot and Chimacum, WA co-op park which was also nice. There's a difference from Rainbow parks and Co-op parks. https://escapees.com/escapees-co-op-parks-benefit/

Glad you got the issue resolved!

Don't overthink your Alaska trip. We had regular flaps behind our wheels on the motorhome. We didn't have a rear flap. We didn't get any rock damage on our trip and we drove gravel roads. We pulled into a campground in Whitehorse Yukon and saw five people removing their rear flaps. We had just driven the same road they drove. We went over and talked to them. They showed us their towed vehicles. There was a layer of large stones laying at the bottom of their windshields and two windshields were cracked. Their thought was that the flaps caused rocks to be tossed on the hoods and windshields. On our return from Alaska we were driving through Salt Lake City in heavy rain. (I wasn't driving) For lack of something to do I began noticing RVs going the opposite direction. I could see that every one with a flap in the rear was tossing an arc of water onto the hood of their towed vehicle. . just like the rocks in Alaska being tossed. A couple that just had the flap behind the wheels were not tossing the arc of water.

This should get you started and who to contact: https://azdot.gov/mvd/services/vehicle-services/buying-and-selling-your-vehicle

Try finding a Keystone owners forum to ask the question.

Sounds like you need to change doctors. We established doctors where we typically wintered so we were always there or close by for a yearly checkup and/or any immediate medical procedure. In between visits we were able to call for questions or if it was an immediate medical issue we chose another doctor wherever we were. We have regular Medicare and a supplement. Medicare Advantage wouldn't work as well in most cases. We found that using hospital physicians was the best bet at getting a good doctor instead of just picking one off Google. We did explain our lifestyle. No issues with prescriptions as we used WalMart and they're all over.

Don't bother finding a 'secret' hiding place. As Kirk stated above..... in a fire or accident you, most likely, would not be able to go get your money. We had a friend who had a 'fireproof safe' "hidden' in the rear closet and had a fire. When he was able to check the safe everything in it was in ashes for the heat. Yes, the safe was fireproof but the heat was the culprit. We always kept a 'go' bag sitting right behind the passenger seat. In it was our extra cash (not much) titles to vehicles and important papers. Whenever we left our motorhome for maintenance or if we'd be siteseeing for the day we grabbed the bag, especially since we boondocked a lot on public lands and the RV was there alone. We never had an issue of a break in though but we were just being cautious.

Never heard of 'no sales tax'. Isn't that a law if required in a state?

We had doctors all over the country with no issues. Choose a bank that has branches all over. Has any RVers ever heard of people getting 'caught' because of not having everything where their domicile was made?

Obviously, you don't use credit cards to feel you need to have $2500 in cash. That amount in cash would last years for us. 😉

All I can say is WOW!!! You carried $10,000 on a trip?

We always use our CashBack credit card and also have on hand $150. You can always use a ATM to get more cash.

Thanks for your explanation. You keep busy!