Roll Call Alaska 2013
Just thought I'd start a thread regarding who will be starting up to Alaska in 2013. It would be nice if we could share information so everyone has a memorable and safe trip. We will be leaving aroun...
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There are no services between Watson Lake & Ross River. When we're in the area we prefer to not stop at Ross River (based on a couple of bad experiences there), so carry extra fuel to make it to Carmacks.
:)Sounds as if not much has changed in the past 43 years along the Campbell highway ! Your comment about a bad experience in Ross River brought back
memories of the agony on Dad's face ,God rest his sole, and some not to kind comments by him when we pulled into Ross River's trading post with it's lone gas pump on the front porch and found the price of a Canadian Gallon "5 quarts" of gasoline was .75 cents ! This was easily double the usual price for gas we found in Canada. And at the time 19.9 cents a gallon could be found at home. We bought enough to make it to Carmacks . Was great to bring up the Ross River gas stop
with Dad over the next 40 years and we would get that same look as back in 1970 :)
We will be bringing Dads old coffee mug,"the same one he had with us in 1970" with us on this trip
and pour some hot mud in it. Set it on the table, and maybe, just maybe, feel his presence with us.
:)Sounds as if not much has changed in the past 43 years along the Campbell highway ! Your comment about a bad experience in Ross River brought back
memories of the agony on Dad's face ,God rest his sole, and some not to kind comments by him when we pulled into Ross River's trading post with it's lone gas pump on the front porch and found the price of a Canadian Gallon "5 quarts" of gasoline was .75 cents ! This was easily double the usual price for gas we found in Canada. And at the time 19.9 cents a gallon could be found at home. We bought enough to make it to Carmacks . Was great to bring up the Ross River gas stop
with Dad over the next 40 years and we would get that same look as back in 1970 :)
We will be bringing Dads old coffee mug,"the same one he had with us in 1970" with us on this trip
and pour some hot mud in it. Set it on the table, and maybe, just maybe, feel his presence with us.
