Is anyone planning on going to Alaska?
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Topic: Is anyone planning on going to Alaska?
Posted By: ArenaBlanca
Subject: Is anyone planning on going to Alaska?
Date Posted: 03 Aug 2017 at 12:41pm
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So we are both retired and have a 179 HRE 2016-17. We have thought about going to Alaska in it but would rather caravan with some other people. We don't usually boondock as we use the microwave most of the time. We were wondering if anyone else wanted to go within the next couple of years. We are just in the very initial planning stages. ------------- Enjoy Life!! |
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Posted By: birderdiane526
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2017 at 8:55am
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Hi, we are heading to AK this spring/summer (2018). We will be heading up in early May to attend a shorebirds festival in Homer (we are birders!). Then we will poke around through the summer! If you go in 2018, maybe we can meet up somewhere! We're just planning our itinerary now. ------------- Diane and Michael 2016 179 "PIP" (PODDING IN PARADISE) 2007 Toyota Tundra BLOG:Podding in Paradise, birderdiane526.blogspot.com |
Posted By: itspossible
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2017 at 6:56pm
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We may be heading to Alaska in 2019, I did a 5 week solo motorcycle trip there in 2015 but want to go back to share it with my wife and also stay a little drier...it rains a lot there and I tented. In Alaska you can camp anywhere you wish as very little of the land is private, that means many camping areas do not have services such as water and electricity. You may want to check ahead if you need electric to run your micro wave. Alaska is so different from the rest of the country and you'll love everything about it, the scenery, remoteness and the people. ------------- Never far enough |
Posted By: ArenaBlanca
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2017 at 8:47am
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2019 could be the year. We went to Alaska 20+ years ago on a land/cruise combination. Saw wonderful scenery and stayed in hotels. We are thinking of taking the R-pod on this trip and driving the Alcan. I read a post on another forum by a person who was most unhappy with the roads and especially the Alcan. I got the impression that they were in the middle of a repair cycle and were mostly under construction. I think the topping they use on the roads lasts 2-3 years because of the frost heaves, etc. If that is the case, I'd like to find out the cycle and plan on a time when we can miss most of the construction. Or we might try the ferry and then go to Denali, etc. I know from previous experience in Newfoundland that none of the potholes are over a meter deep.  You jut have to slow down and be careful.------------- Enjoy Life!! |
Posted By: ronahue
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2017 at 10:28am
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We just got back from an Alaska trip, every winter the roads a get frost heaves and the crews work hard to repair them. Worse than the frost heaves are the detours to repair damaged culverts they are definitely a thrill a minute. ------------- Ron & Sharon 2015 R-Pod 179 2022 Nissan Frontier No trees were harmed in the sending of this message but a billion electrons were really agitated |