Full time in a parked RV in Alaska
Hey! Completely new to this, so bear with me. I'm from Texas and got to Alaska about a month ago. This started off as just a fantasy, but then I got to thinking, could I really do it? The town I'm m...
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It's definitely possible, and you won't be the first. Comfortable and affordable are different issues entirely, however.
Last summer I was 400+ miles north of there, while soaking at Chena Hot Springs. I met a local from a little village nearby. She spoke of an elderly woman who also lives there, year round, in a travel trailer. On another trip I talked with another year-rounder who lived in a converted school bus, near the entrance to Denali Park.
OTOH, Girdwood is hardly Nome, or Barrow, or even the interior. In fact, winter there is pretty mild. I live in the mountains of Northern PA. Our January highs and lows average only 2-3 degrees higher than Girdwood, and we get about ten percent more snow. Here there are many who get though the winter in older marginally habitable mobile homes, and even travel trailers. IMHO, it will be a rugged experience, but quite doable. Good luck.
Last summer I was 400+ miles north of there, while soaking at Chena Hot Springs. I met a local from a little village nearby. She spoke of an elderly woman who also lives there, year round, in a travel trailer. On another trip I talked with another year-rounder who lived in a converted school bus, near the entrance to Denali Park.
OTOH, Girdwood is hardly Nome, or Barrow, or even the interior. In fact, winter there is pretty mild. I live in the mountains of Northern PA. Our January highs and lows average only 2-3 degrees higher than Girdwood, and we get about ten percent more snow. Here there are many who get though the winter in older marginally habitable mobile homes, and even travel trailers. IMHO, it will be a rugged experience, but quite doable. Good luck.
