Greetings To All, well the time is finally here. We depart for Alaska Wednesday morning. New tires, New brakes, New wheel bearings. Now time to go. Have decided to close my eyes when time to fill-up. And since we will be driving on the top half of tank, will ONLY need half as much...LOL.Planning to cross border the morning of the 22nd of May at Coutts (Sweetwater) Already logged into AriveCanda with everything. Just need to finalize the night before to cross to obtain our letter code. Planning about 18 days to cross Canada. Taking our time and enjoy that beautiful country.If you are heading out, keep an eye out for this crazy Texan couple. Pulling a 2002 Cardinal with a 2015 Silverado 2500HD both white. Wave as you go by.Be safe...Take the time to enjoy the view and meet some really nice people.

Make sure you do some(or many) trip reports with pics for those of us staying in the lower 48. :)

We just made that crossing into Alaska, some fuel stations were open but we have an auxiliary fuel tank. It took about 40 minutes to get to the border just from the cars waiting in line. Highest diesel price we saw was 8.20 CD.

Ol'coot wrote:"Have decided to close my eyes when time to fill-up."Great plan...That's what I did every time we stopped for gas all the way back from Texas....LOL

Thanks for mentioning ArriveCanada. We are heading to New Brunswick in June and will need to fill out the info as well.

Rigdon, it wasn't quite clear to me; was that 40 minutes to get through the Canadian border or the US border into Alaska?

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happycamper1942
Explorer
Jun 14, 2022
Why all the concern about having internet? Think back a few years ago when we traveled before the internet was available, now it seems people freak out if they go a day or two without it.
My feeling is, if you have internet once a week or so to keep in touch that should be enough. Enjoy the trip and relax.
Veebyes
Explorer II
Jun 15, 2022
happycamper1942 wrote:
Why all the concern about having internet? Think back a few years ago when we traveled before the internet was available, now it seems people freak out if they go a day or two without it.
My feeling is, if you have internet once a week or so to keep in touch that should be enough. Enjoy the trip and relax.

My feelings exactly. We are boarding the ferry to Newfoundland tomorrow where phone service can be just as sketchy a the NW provinces & Alaska.

We touch base whenever we can but nobody panics when we disappear for a few days.

How did anyone survive a remote road trip before the cellphone?
PA12DRVR
Explorer
Jun 21, 2022
"My feeling is, if you have internet once a week or so to keep in touch that should be enough. Enjoy the trip and relax."

^^^ Ditto. My first trip L48 to Alaska was in either 74 or 76. Flew from Anchorage to Seattle; checked in with the boss via long distance phone. Picked up trucks in the Renton Area (IIRC) to drive back to Alaska...after a day or two of sorting out, checked in with the boss "It's Monday morning, we're leaving".
IIRC, the next places we checked in were Fort Nelson (just checking in) and Whitehorse ("umm, we need you to wire funds, the big truck blew out an axle seal")...all via teletype since for whatever reason we could not get phone service. Checked in twice on what turned out to be (with repairs, etc.) a 2 week + trip. For a then-kid truck driver, it was a great trip. Gravel roads, Rancheria, possibly being "volunteered" to help fight fire, 4-5 days in a motel in Whitehorse, great trip.

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