Arktikos
Mar 28, 2015Explorer
Alaska to Oregon: first trip with our new rig!
Enjoying our new (to us) 8' Adventurer! Left Alaska 12 days ago and are now in the Portland Oregon area. The first 3 nights were spent in the lower Yukon and upper British Columbia driving down part of the Alcan and South down the Cassiar Hwy. We were in the single digits F with spectacular northern lights displays for the first 2 nights. After that we had to push the next few days as there were no open parks and very limited places to pull off the road. After coming back into the US we spent the next few nights in N.W.Washington at state and county parks, very nice! After a trip into downtown Seattle for a Dr appointment we headed south to visit relatives in the Portland area. This coming Monday we will start our return to Alaska, this time traveling through the Gorge and up through the Okanogan, and then to the Alaska hwy starting at Dawson Creek.
Our little camper has worked out well but space is tight for my wife and I and our Australian Shepherd. The fridge, furnace, all systems work perfectly. We decided to pick up some RV specific items which we found in a Camping World where we became Good Sam members! The first 3 nights of the trip we left our Honda generator run all night as the RV batt was weak. Now with a new battery I suspect we could get by without the generator except for the all important coffee pot!
Here is a picture of our new rig. It's a 2006 Chevrolet 2500HD with a 6.0 Vortec and handles the little Adventurer camper with ease.
Our little camper has worked out well but space is tight for my wife and I and our Australian Shepherd. The fridge, furnace, all systems work perfectly. We decided to pick up some RV specific items which we found in a Camping World where we became Good Sam members! The first 3 nights of the trip we left our Honda generator run all night as the RV batt was weak. Now with a new battery I suspect we could get by without the generator except for the all important coffee pot!
Here is a picture of our new rig. It's a 2006 Chevrolet 2500HD with a 6.0 Vortec and handles the little Adventurer camper with ease.