Alaska, One off the Bucket List

[coachchuck]

Excellent report. Thanks for sharing.

Is the posted map/route the one you actually took or the one you originally planned? You said earlier on that you made an adjustment in where you actually crossed the border headed north.

The posted spotwalla map is the actual route. My spot device would update my location every 10 minutes while I had it turned on. You can fill the page to 100% and get much detail of where I was traveling. It is at 10% fill and will only show 1 out of 10 updates. The map from SPOT has disappeared as they only hold it for (I believe) 21 days.

Very enjoyable read! thank you very much for sharing! You said you went over budget with the stator repair, would you mind sharing what your budget was? Thanks!

My travel budget was $2000 or about $65 a day. This was to include everything. 2 oil changes, and 1 set of tires, all my fuel, all food and entertainment, camping fees and hotel, and misc. It ended up costing me right at $2373 or about $79 a day.

[Roverchef]

Thank you for the report and the inspiration to "Go Now" and do all the things you can while you can! Sorry about the wife not wanting to go along for the ride. That would be "almost" a deal breaker for me and the trip, not me and the wife. Maybe a sidecar next time around. Thanks again!

[AA1PR]

Now I only wish I had the chance to explore Alaska

it truly is spectular & thanks for making me green with envy over the photos

[BobA]

Great trip and pic's. Thanks for sharing.

[Ronct110]

will take the trip again in an Jeep Wrangle or something similar with my wife.

Truly enjoyed reading our journal and the pictures. Hope my trip to Alaska w/my son (father and son trip) materializes next June in our Land Rover; will be traveling with 1-2 other trucks. Gave me a lot of ideas/info. Thanks for sharing.

[rconti]

Great story! I did Alaska in 2011. Seems like everyone has the same story -- rain all the way thru BC, then it's 80+ the day you arrive in Alaska. I think we saw 89 in Fairbanks the day we arrived, hottest day of the trip.