Home again, home again. We hit LHC at 4 PM on 9-23, found house and yard to be in fine shape despite our 4 month absence. We switched the breakers on, turned on the water, plugged in the fridge, and slept in our spacious, comfortable bed. Woo-hoo!
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Trip summary:
1. Days/miles: 116/14189
2. Gas cost: $3998
3. Cheapest gas: $2.45; Gallup, NM
4. Highest gas: $8.36; Toad Lake, BC on The Alaska Highway
5. Camping fees: $2624 (about 15 nights were freebies, parked in people’s yards or driveways)
6. Number of states/provinces visited: 12/4
7. Number of times we set up camp: 58
8. No flat tires, no mechanical breakdowns, no empty gas tank, no traffic tickets, no hits, no runs, no errors, nobody left on base
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What would we do different if we did it all over again? Not much. Let's see ........okay, I’d leave my long johns at home. We hit some cruddy weather but there was only that one night in Leadville, CO when it got down to 32 degrees. Our pre-trip planning was thorough and we had the right travel references, The Milepost and The Traveler’s Guide to Alaskan Camping. Four months turned out to be a little long, will shorten that up a month or so next summer.
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If you’ve an interest in seeing AK and haven't done the Inside Passage cruise, I suggest you cruise to Homer or Skagway from Vancouver, BC, rent a vehicle and drive back. We might have done that ourselves but I’d already taken the IP cruise.
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For those hundreds of avid readers who are flat out devastated and depressed at the thought of these posts coming to an abrupt end cuz the trip is over, take heart. The blog posts will continue, filled with harrowing tales of life in a harsh, barren desert teeming with venomous snakes, biting spiders, voracious buzzards and hordes of marauding Q-tips. “What are Q-tips?” you ask: people with white hair and white tennis shoes. AZ is heavily infested with ‘em, especially in winter.
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Trip summary:
1. Days/miles: 116/14189
2. Gas cost: $3998
3. Cheapest gas: $2.45; Gallup, NM
4. Highest gas: $8.36; Toad Lake, BC on The Alaska Highway
5. Camping fees: $2624 (about 15 nights were freebies, parked in people’s yards or driveways)
6. Number of states/provinces visited: 12/4
7. Number of times we set up camp: 58
8. No flat tires, no mechanical breakdowns, no empty gas tank, no traffic tickets, no hits, no runs, no errors, nobody left on base
.
What would we do different if we did it all over again? Not much. Let's see ........okay, I’d leave my long johns at home. We hit some cruddy weather but there was only that one night in Leadville, CO when it got down to 32 degrees. Our pre-trip planning was thorough and we had the right travel references, The Milepost and The Traveler’s Guide to Alaskan Camping. Four months turned out to be a little long, will shorten that up a month or so next summer.
.
If you’ve an interest in seeing AK and haven't done the Inside Passage cruise, I suggest you cruise to Homer or Skagway from Vancouver, BC, rent a vehicle and drive back. We might have done that ourselves but I’d already taken the IP cruise.
.
For those hundreds of avid readers who are flat out devastated and depressed at the thought of these posts coming to an abrupt end cuz the trip is over, take heart. The blog posts will continue, filled with harrowing tales of life in a harsh, barren desert teeming with venomous snakes, biting spiders, voracious buzzards and hordes of marauding Q-tips. “What are Q-tips?” you ask: people with white hair and white tennis shoes. AZ is heavily infested with ‘em, especially in winter.
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Pix: Mt Shasta, Carina (niece) and I psyching ourselves up for pickleball, wind farm near Tehachapi, CA.
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