Prepping my Caravan for my Alaska adventure
My full-time home is a Class A RV. It’s very comfortable when parked and set up, but with its size and the 6-7mpg it gets, except for numerous month-long relocations, I explore in my 25mpg Dodge Carav...
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73guna wrote:
Im extremely jealous.
How long did it take you to travel through Canada to Alaska border?
How was it getting into Canada and back into the States?
Also, Im curious if you carried a gun and how that went with the border crossings?
Traveling through Canada took a while. I passed into Canada around noon May 4th and rolled into Tok Alaska on May 9th that time period also included a one day side-trip on the Klondike Highway to Skagway AK and back. The return from Alaska was much different since I came back through British Columbia and then headed east at Cache Creek BC to meet up with my daughter in Banff for a long Father’s Day weekend. On the return trip I was in Canada from early June 7th to June 22nd.
I chose not to bring a gun. However, I’m not anti-gun but the Canadians are pretty down on handguns and it would’ve cost me $25 for a permit to bring a long gun. Instead, after a conference with a good friend who’s lived and hunted in Alaska for 40 years, I brought a can of “Bear Deterrent”. Basically, bear deterrent is pepper spray, but it should be plainly marked “bear deterrent” since if you were to take a can of Mace it’d be confiscated. I had no trouble with any border crossings, even with Texas plates. However, I think partially because of the Texas plates, I was questioned thoroughly about guns but I'd done my due diligence (I was even complemented on that!) and had no problems.
Steve
