Date:         Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:14:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 16 Jan 2006 to 17 Jan 2006 - Special issue
              (#2006-36)
Comments: To: Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@comcast.net>
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Just checked those figures with Mapquest, my usual online resource, and they
drive a lot faster than your guys. They say that Seattle to Anchorage is
2359.43 miles and will take 43 hours and 36 minutes!! They are obviously NOT
Vanagon drivers!

On 1/17/06, Keith Ovregaard <kovregaard@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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