Thanks or the large amount of input from everyone... Had been busy in the weekend.
robyng You are pretty right on about my folks ages... We will be sending luggage to Hokkaido as it is a shopping trip as well. Only light luggage will be carried.
evergrn Maybe I will take your suggestion for stopping at Sendai, what is your recommended timetable so it makes the travel less from hell... Assuming we can start later and have a nice break at Sendai? By the time the train get to Morioka it would have been night time already.
gnaget My driving is terrible, never bother to get full license once I got the restricted...