Driving the Cassiar Highway in November
Has anyone done it? I've been told many fuel stops and hotels close down and someone else told me that's not true. We will be driving from Alaska to Oregon with our Dually, picking up the camper t...
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Dave,
My, that was poetic. I also like GritDog's suggestion: good 'ol Yankee Ingenuity. We drove the Cassiar and environs on June 2-5, 2003. According to my sources a lot more of it was paved by then, compared to June of 1970: the wild and woolly days when we first contemplated doing it and it was 100% gravel. Fear of running out of gas in the winter, in the Northlands has a deep organic feel to it, mostly because of the unknown, and from watching too many episodes of "Ice Road Truckers". The only time I've ever needed fuel and had little to choose from was in off-beat Death Valley. Luckily we had two- 5 gallon diesel fuel cans which took a while to hand pour into the tank but got us back to a very expensive civilization ($5.25/gal.). Here are the cans and some firewood on our rear rack:
I hope down the road that Jeanie and I can do a late Fall trip to AK/BC. I guess the most pressing question is: is your TC winter-ready? Mucho insulation; double pane windows, heated tanks; winter tires; 1 set of chains. If you're going all the way down to OR to pick it up, I suspect you have this covered. Take a lot of pix.
jefe
My, that was poetic. I also like GritDog's suggestion: good 'ol Yankee Ingenuity. We drove the Cassiar and environs on June 2-5, 2003. According to my sources a lot more of it was paved by then, compared to June of 1970: the wild and woolly days when we first contemplated doing it and it was 100% gravel. Fear of running out of gas in the winter, in the Northlands has a deep organic feel to it, mostly because of the unknown, and from watching too many episodes of "Ice Road Truckers". The only time I've ever needed fuel and had little to choose from was in off-beat Death Valley. Luckily we had two- 5 gallon diesel fuel cans which took a while to hand pour into the tank but got us back to a very expensive civilization ($5.25/gal.). Here are the cans and some firewood on our rear rack:
I hope down the road that Jeanie and I can do a late Fall trip to AK/BC. I guess the most pressing question is: is your TC winter-ready? Mucho insulation; double pane windows, heated tanks; winter tires; 1 set of chains. If you're going all the way down to OR to pick it up, I suspect you have this covered. Take a lot of pix.
jefe
