Vancouver, BC to Alaska info needed
Hi folks, I am in the early stages of planning a road trip north from our new home in Vancouver, BC. We are looking to spend about 14 days in total around June, July, August 2013. We want to camp (Pic...
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Sue, I understand what you are saying. I think it will be interesting for you and Steve to look back in a couple of years to see if you still spend as much time out in your RVs, now that you live there, as you did when heading to the Yukon evert year for a vacation.
I would suspect that we may average sleeping more nights in our RV in Alaska, now that we live in Florida than we did while living in Alaska. Going every other year, we spend about 60 nights in Alaska and northern Canada, averaging then 30 nights a year. Not sure we would spend that many nights in our RV when we lived there. Some years maybe. The winter trips we would take to Chena Hot Springs we would rent a cabin. For our river boat trips and for winter camping I would use a tent. The same with my camping trips out of my airplane. For fishing tips to the Kenai, we had a 5th wheel set up semi-permanently on a river front lot we owned, so I don't really consider that to be a RV. Once the concrete blocks go under an RV, it just becomes a place to eat and sleep, just sub-standard housing, IMHO. :)
So it will be interesting to talk to you in a few years to see if you are still doing a lot of camping or have switched to more day type trips. Until you and your husband both actually retire, it may be more difficult to find/make the time to go camping. Somewhat like so many of the Alaska residents, find it difficult to do much camping when the only get the standard two weeks vacation. Plus many residents have to work all summer to make it through the winter. Sometimes winter jobs are not easy to find as you know. You can't get far from Anchorage on a weekend, where most residents live.
I would suspect that we may average sleeping more nights in our RV in Alaska, now that we live in Florida than we did while living in Alaska. Going every other year, we spend about 60 nights in Alaska and northern Canada, averaging then 30 nights a year. Not sure we would spend that many nights in our RV when we lived there. Some years maybe. The winter trips we would take to Chena Hot Springs we would rent a cabin. For our river boat trips and for winter camping I would use a tent. The same with my camping trips out of my airplane. For fishing tips to the Kenai, we had a 5th wheel set up semi-permanently on a river front lot we owned, so I don't really consider that to be a RV. Once the concrete blocks go under an RV, it just becomes a place to eat and sleep, just sub-standard housing, IMHO. :)
So it will be interesting to talk to you in a few years to see if you are still doing a lot of camping or have switched to more day type trips. Until you and your husband both actually retire, it may be more difficult to find/make the time to go camping. Somewhat like so many of the Alaska residents, find it difficult to do much camping when the only get the standard two weeks vacation. Plus many residents have to work all summer to make it through the winter. Sometimes winter jobs are not easy to find as you know. You can't get far from Anchorage on a weekend, where most residents live.
