Date:         Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:27:33 -0800
Reply-To:     Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 16 Jan 2006 to 17 Jan 2006 - Special issue
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What? According to the www.usatourist.com mileage calculator it is less
than half the distance from Seattle to Anchorage than it is from Miami
to Anchorage. I had no idea it was that far north to AK, though. For me
to drive to Anchorage from where I live in the SF bay area would be
about 3157 miles! Makes my recent trip to Baja seem short, less than
2000 miles round trip... Guess I will have to allow a lot of time when
I get around to making that trip!

Miami, FL to Anchorage, AK
Miles: 5082
Kilometers: 8182
Driving Time: 120 hours

Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK
Miles: 2371
Kilometers: 3815
Driving Time: 60 hours

Keith O.
84 Westy "Brownie"
90 Westy Syncro

On Jan 17, 2006, at 1:09 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:20:03 -0500
> From:    John Reddick <SVYOLO@YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: Re: Anchorage Trip
>
> I drove from Seattle all the way to Prudoe Bay about 4 years ago in my
> Westy.  It was an awesome trip.  The only bad thing was the drive
> back. I
> spent 2 months getting there, but only 10 days getting  back.
> Anchorage to
> Seattle is farther than Anchorage to Miami if I remember right.  I saw
> a
> great bumper sticker on the way back.  It said "The Alcan, it is a
> great
> drive, one way?"  What you are doing is the best way and the way I
> would do
> it again.  Take the ferry up, and a great, long, camping trip on the
> way back.
>
> John
> 87 Westy SVX