Roll call Alaska 2017

OK.... I'm getting lost.... what is the CAD coin names and equivlents, like we have quarters, dimes, etc. (and quarters are the single most used coin in machines.

Thanks,

Patsy

garyhaupt wrote:
Loonies and twonies...we don't have one and 2 dollar bills...we have metal discs...loonies and twoonies. Just like paper only heavier in the pocket.

ATM's don't give 'change'..just bills. Most/all laundromats have change machines..you put in twoonie or loonies..or a bill and just like Vegas...get a handful of change back.


Gary Haupt

Gary --- Thanks. But should I assume the change the machine gives back is the equivalent of an American quarter???? Is there a Canadian quarter? My wife has a saved large bag of US quarters to use when we are in the states only.

We're leaving Monday, be back sometime in October.

Remember that in a lot of Canadian campgrounds you will need loonies for the showers as well. So, make sure to have a fair amount of loonies for your needs.

Loonies and twonies...we don't have one and 2 dollar bills...we have metal discs...loonies and twoonies. Just like paper only heavier in the pocket.

ATM's don't give 'change'..just bills. Most/all laundromats have change machines..you put in twoonie or loonies..or a bill and just like Vegas...get a handful of change back.


Gary Haupt

YodaRules wrote:

ford-willy wrote:
Wife just asked ---- In Canada how do I pay for cloths washing and drying. Do they take Loonies & Toonies? Coin changer for bills? We have Canadian cash now and the smallest is 5 dollar bills.

I understand, and hope my information is correct, that after crossing into Canada I can get Canadian currency from any ATM using my credit card or debit card with a cash advance. Plan to get CAD after crossing border then find a store to cash bills into Loonies and Toonies for this like your wife wants -- washing clothes!

Patsy

What are loonies and toonies?

ford-willy wrote:
Wife just asked ---- In Canada how do I pay for cloths washing and drying. Do they take Loonies & Toonies? Coin changer for bills? We have Canadian cash now and the smallest is 5 dollar bills.

I understand, and hope my information is correct, that after crossing into Canada I can get Canadian currency from any ATM using my credit card or debit card with a cash advance. Plan to get CAD after crossing border then find a store to cash bills into Loonies and Toonies for this like your wife wants -- washing clothes!

Patsy

Wife just asked ---- In Canada how do I pay for cloths washing and drying. Do they take Loonies & Toonies? Coin changer for bills? We have Canadian cash now and the smallest is 5 dollar bills. We are leaving in 6 days now from S. California.

YodaRules wrote:
I created a new topic then was directed to this 2017 Roll Call to Alaska. Anyone here still heading up to Alaska in the first half of June? I plan to leave north central Florida heading to a boondocking spot in the Badlands south of Wall.

Wondering if there are others on this same path?


Patsy
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Leaving from Dallas/Ft. Worth in about 10 days or so for my trip north. Not looking forward to the snow on some part sod the highway, but I need to be there by mid-June to meet up with friends.

It was the same when I went in 2012 in this area, we had a snow storm. We made it to Fort Nelson and the next we went up Steamboat pass I think, and stopped there with over a foot of snow.