On the Road with "Roll Call Alaska 2013"......

[JANETRUPP]

Okay all my Alaska family...Here it is...
As requested I am starting a new thread for all you "Roll Call Alaska 2013" travelers to blog all your adventures.
This may help others traveling behind us or those going next year. Any news on roads, gas, what to see or miss. Anything.... just blog and tell of your adventures on one of our most memorable trips.

We start out tomorrow (only as far as Vegas..:C) but will be slowly heading up and away on our trip.

So start Bloging and lets keep in touch.

Travel safe and smart!!!!
Janet

[fullmoonoversal]

Trip delayed. Truck problems. We may wait till December to head out unless we have a bit of a miracle.

[sue_t]

Today is the last day to cross over the Top of the World Highway and Taylor Highway. The border crossing is closing for the season this evening.

[alaska_dennis]

Frost on the deck this morning. I guess this is the start of it. over 40 degrees now.

[fanrgs]

We are also now home from our Alaska-Canada adventure. We made it safely to the Denver area just days before several of the roads we drove coming home were washed out by last week's floods in northeastern Colorado. Our part of town received "only" 3.75 inches of rain (about 30% of our average annual precip in one week of our normally driest month!). We are high and dry and without damage, but lots of folks only 10 miles away weren't so fortunate. My wife and I lived here when the 1965 flood hit Denver, but this one may actually be worse. Too soon to know, however, as they are still in the search mode and cleanup and insurance adjustments are just beginning. It may be several years before we know the total cost of this disaster.

We missed the Calgary floods by going through BC instead of Alberta on our way up to Alaska. We have now missed the Colorado floods by getting home earlier than we originally planned. So, the timing for the trip worked out better than we could have imagined.

It was the trip of a lifetime for us and we are also grateful to all those who contributed to this thread. It was fun reading about everyone else's trip in real time! Thanks to all of you.

[sue_t]

First wet snow has fallen around Beaver Creek and Destruction Bay along the Alaska Highway in Yukon.

[george1011]

Helllo, We are still here on the forum.
We have had no internet again, for a while this time. We have been in Jasper and Banff the past couple of weeks. The Canadian Rockies are indeed magnificant. We finally crossed over a couple of days ago into Idaho on hwy 95. That part of our trip has been fantastic but we are glad to be back in the good old USA. On our way to Mt Rushmore and the bad lands.
Safe travels to all
George and Mary

[MargueritaM]

fullmoonoversalem wrote:

glaciergus wrote:
Am I all that's left on this forum? ...

I hope not! I am starting out to NY from the Kenai in about 11 days, 4 hours, or something like that. Not counting or anxious or anything. I spoke with a couple who may be on the forum who are not leaving AK until about the same time. They were heading from Homer to Fairbanks. Hope it is not as wet there as here.

I am in Anchorage until the 22nd or so, then heading south and planning on taking my time about it, to avoid ice on the road.

Marguerita

[fullmoonoversal]

glaciergus wrote:
Am I all that's left on this forum? I am visiting Roselyn, Wa, for a couple of days, home to the fictitious Cecily, Alaska, in the TV show "Northern Exposure" from about 1991. Then it's straight east to Minnesota. The End (of the trip) Is Near!

I hope not! I am starting out to NY from the Kenai in about 11 days, 4 hours, or something like that. Not counting or anxious or anything. I spoke with a couple who may be on the forum who are not leaving AK until about the same time. They were heading from Homer to Fairbanks. Hope it is not as wet there as here.

[pasco1215]

We are finally home in the "stick and bricks" for the past 2 days. Taking time to catch up with every day life BEFORE we take off again down the road. Want to THANK Janet for starting the thread, Sue T for all her support, Lizzie for holding a site in Seward during the 4th of July, and everyone else that has contributed to 2013 Alaska post. We met many of you along the way and have made long time friendships. Everyone have a great year and travel safe.

[CA_Traveler]

Canadian Fuel Prices near the 48 border: In general diesel was 5-10 cents per liter less than regular gasoline until approaching the border near Hope, BC. There the price reversal occurred with diesel costing more like the US.

What are the considerations for Canadian pricing near and not near the border?

As one Canadian told me: There is no fuel price fixing it's just that all of the prices are the same!

There seems to be a lot more variation in price between stations in the US but there are also many more stations and population.

Just curious and it doesn't really matter as we have enjoyed visiting Canada and it's people from Newfoundland to BC/Yukon.

[CA_Traveler]

joe b. wrote:
Numerous stations in Canada give the clearance in feet and inches. Most Canadians understand both feet and inches as well as metric. Not so with most people from the US. They have to do this to protect their overheads. LOL

Good point and I had a cheat sheet on the dash with feet/metric conversions. Stewart was the only station that I recall with a low roof for big rigs. At 12' 6" I'd leave my AC's behind!

[JANETRUPP]

I'm here and listening...but I'm home now and not much to report in Bullhead City, lol....except heat.
Still like reading all your adventures. We miss Alaska already!

Travel safe all of you still moving!

Janet

[CA_Traveler]

Maybe the two of us? I'm not home yet but rather is some of my old CA haunts for a few more weeks. So not posting much since the Canada/Alaska portion of the trip is over.

[glaciergus]

Am I all that's left on this forum? I am visiting Roselyn, Wa, for a couple of days, home to the fictitious Cecily, Alaska, in the TV show "Northern Exposure" from about 1991. Then it's straight east to Minnesota. The End (of the trip) Is Near!