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Re: On the Road with "Roll Call Alaska 2013"......
GordonThree: My wife and I returned from our Alaska excursion last week. We left Central Oregon 6/10 and spent 6 weeks on the road. Bend OR-Dawson City-Tok-Seward-Denali-Fairbanks-Watson Lake to Prince George via Cassiar and home. We took our time and had an enjoyable trip. I just want to mention many days we were only able to average 40 mph. for the day. Some places 25 mph. was to fast as we incurred damage to our 5th wheel. Just don't plan on 60 mph average days every day. I don't want to throw cold water on your plans and I hope you have a great time, we did.312Views0likes0CommentsRe: On the Road with "Roll Call Alaska 2013"......
We are here in Seward and the weather is beautiful. Visiting with friends and went fishing yesterday. A grizzly walked out of the brush about 30' away, must have smelled our fish. We were on ATV's and I couldn't get mine in reverse, ADRENALIN RUSH, for some reason it went back in the brush. It can have that stretch of river!!!321Views0likes0CommentsRe: On the Road with "Roll Call Alaska 2013"......
Arrived in Dawson Creek today, we have beautiful weather and are staying at Mile O RV park. We start the Alcan tomorrow. Have not seen any other Roll Call sign's but I believe most are ahead of us. The Park is 2/3's full and everyone I've talked to is going to Alaska. Somebody said the trip from Anchorage to Seward is full of ooh's and aah's, so much to look forward to.217Views0likes0CommentsRe: On the Road with "Roll Call Alaska 2013"......
Finally, we are rolling North this morning. Rains should have moved on, mosquitos satisfied and roads in good repair. Yeah right. I appreciate all the information. Haven't heard any complaints about Customs, hope we breeze through tomorrow. Hope we see some of you on the road.221Views0likes0CommentsRe: Roll Call Alaska 2013
racer4 wrote: "what is a sticky ?" A Sticky is a post that stays at the top of the forum, so it is consistently easy to find. I am new also and asked the same question. I subscribe to this thread so I don't see the "sticky"'s and didn't know what they were referring to either. If I am correct, if you see a subject you are interested in, subscribe to it. Otherwise I guess click on the top left on "Open road forum" to see all subjects.343Views0likes0CommentsRe: Roll Call Alaska 2013
My wife and I plan on heading north on the 10th of June from Central Oregon. I just want to mention it is snowing at our place S/O Bend in the eastern Cascades near Hwy. 97 and more expected the rest of the week. The roads should be fine to drive during the day but icy at night if you plan on coming through eastern Oregon.363Views0likes0CommentsRe: Roll Call Alaska 2013
This question may be subjective and I suppose depends on the individual and to what they are accustomed. Are there days (or nights) that we would need AC on the highway or in Alaska? I have a generator big enough to run the AC but it also weighs over a hundred lbs. I would rather not haul it if I don't need it. We have a 5th wheel without a built-in generator.167Views0likes0CommentsRe: Roll Call Alaska 2013
Trackrig wrote: Credit Cards for fuel. When we came up the AlCan last spring, buying fuel was sometimes a real pain. Not because of the Canadian gas stations, but because of the credit card companies. We were just trying to make time to get the MH we just purchased home so sometimes we filled up more than once a day. The MH has a 100 gal tank and it was usually close to empty when we found a place to fill up so sometimes it cost $400. With two people driving more or less around the clock and being early spring before the tourist trade started, not all of the fuel stations were open at whatever time of day or night we came through. If you have a large tank, when you pull into a place to fill up, we found it best to go to the cashier to see if you could pay them after filling up instead of using the card at the pump. If we did it at the pump, we’d have to run the card through three or four times to get enough fuel and every time the credit card company would lock up the card because their computer would think the card was stolen and multiple people were using it. The main card I was using was my Bank of America card so that I got my Alaska Airline mileage. Yes, I had called them before we left Portland and told them we would traveling through Canada for the next five days with a MH requiring a lot of fuel. They said thank you, they would put notes in their computer and there wouldn’t be any problems. At every pump the card would get locked up. I’d call them and they would once again assure me it wouldn’t happen again. Then it got to be that the first run of the card, it would work, on the second run it would lock up, I’d call them, they’d assure me it was fixed, then the second run would work and the third run would lock up again. When that started happening, when I called on the card locking on the second run, I wouldn’t let them off the phone until I was all done filling up. About half way through the trip we’d start calling them when we got within cell range of a town that we’d have to fill up in. By the time we got to a diesel pump and ready to fill up, we’d have gotten through all of their recordings and told them to stay on the line while we started fueling and stay on the line until we were done. This way they would immediately reset the card when the computer locked it up. In the end, this was by far the easiest and least painless solution. One night we couldn’t get through on the cell phone, but needed fuel to keep moving so we had to use four different credit cards to fill up. I’m guessing the fuel pump card readers were working on land lines. Had to call all four credit card companies the next day when we got cell service again to unlock the cards. If there was a funny part to all of it (?), it was that when calling them you would listen to a recording telling you how you weren’t liable to for any theft on your card. Then when you got a live person and asked them why they kept locking up the card after all of the assurances that it wouldn’t happen again, they would tell me that it was for my own protection………… So 1. Call them before going into Canada because it’s scary foreign country to them 2. If you can pay at the counter after you’re finished filling instead of paying at the pump, it will work better 3. If the card locks up, make sure you can read the phone # on the back of the card to call. On some of my cards they ran the card number imprints on the front, over the 800# on the back so you can’t read them 4. If it really starts becoming a problem, call them before starting to fill up and keep them on the line 5. Make sure you have three cards with you just in case you can’t get through on the cell phone Have a great trip. We’ll pass a lot of you on our way down. We’ll leave Anchorage about June 12th to arrive in Conconully, WA on about July 18th. Bill Great information, I'm considering installing my in-bed 100 gal. tank unless it overloads the truck and had not thought about the credit card limits. I have about a 400 mi. range without it, but it should allow me to get fuel where it is more reasonable.244Views0likes0CommentsRe: Roll Call Alaska 2013
AprilWhine wrote: The class C we're taking has short legs. ;) We only get around 300 miles per tank. That might be a problem in the Yukon. What we're going to do to extend the range is carry two or three 5 gallon cans of diesel. Two cans will extend our range by ~130 miles, and there should be fuel available within that range. Hubby cut down a hitch basket to mount on top of the Mini's roof rack, we look like we're going on safari. :C Hopefully you won't need the extra fuel. People ride motorcycles to Alaska and mine was lucky to get 150 miles per tank. Diesel may be a different story.284Views0likes0Comments
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