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.
Thanks Crumm and trackhead! Just got back to Haines this afternoon. No internet in Canada. We had a great trip, slept in the camper every night except for 4 nights in Portland. Mostly stayed in WA state parks along the east side of the Cascades and in Canada managed to find places to park well off the road for free. Forest service roads in BC are a great place to get way off the highway and are dead quiet. In WA the BLM had great off hwy camping and exploring! In Canada forest service roads were pretty easy to spot if you were looking, but some areas were just non existent tho. The section between Ft Saint John to about 50 miles south of Ft Nelson were off limits because of all the oil and gas activity going on both sides of the road. After that it was good boonie camping all the way to Watson Lake and beyond. Had a great soak at Liard Hot Springs and then found a nice plowed back road that took us way back and onto the old Alcan hwy.
A great hiking place is Umtanum trail off Hwy 821 north out of Yakima.
Okanogan back country road up around Conconully NW of Omak:
Off road camping along the Alaska Hwy in northern BC:
The folded mountains near Muncho lake is a fascinating place if you are into geology and seeing plate tectonics in action!
It was a great trip, love the little Adventurer camper!
A great hiking place is Umtanum trail off Hwy 821 north out of Yakima.
Okanogan back country road up around Conconully NW of Omak:
Off road camping along the Alaska Hwy in northern BC:
The folded mountains near Muncho lake is a fascinating place if you are into geology and seeing plate tectonics in action!
It was a great trip, love the little Adventurer camper!
Hi tc folk, we have left the Portland area and are at the jct of WA state 14 and US 97 on the north side of the Columbia river at lovely state park at Maryhill. We will be slowly heading north from here, be home in Haines AK in a week or so.
Our faithful rig and steadfast doggie!
Our faithful rig and steadfast doggie!
