Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:35:42 -0800
Reply-To: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
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From: Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject: Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska trip NOT!
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Did you spend those three years all in one afternoon, or did your plane leave and turn back due to bad weather? :-)
Mark in AK
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:37 pm
Subject: Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska trip NOT!
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Don't forget Bethel.I lived there 3 years. No
> trip to Alaska is complete without seeing the
> non-tourist Alaska. If you fly over the
> Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta you'll wonder why they
> don't say "1,000 lakes" on the license plates.
> BTW, the wildlife taking refuge there to fear is
> the State Bird, the mosquito.
>
>
> Robert
> 1982 Westfalia
>
> Alaska, where a gringo is a gussuck (or a
> Guzyk?!!)
> Sorry, I could'nt resist.
>
> --- Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM> wrote:
>
> > Even if it costs you $1,000 more than it would
> > have cost last year
> > it's still worth the trip....ask anyone who has
> > done it.
> >
> > Alaska (and the Yukon/BC) is incredible in the
> > summer. Long days,
> > lots of nature.
> >
> > Thousands of places to stealth camp for free.
> > Cook your own meals to
> > save money...you've got a Westy, use it! Also,
> > you will smile to
> > yourself every time you see a 45 foot motorhome
> > filling up.
> >
> > Things we liked on our trip (all on the
> > Canadian side):
> >
> > Liard Hotsprings northern BC near the Yukon
> > border. Rustic hot
> > springs in the middle of nowhere.
> >
> > Atlin BC, an hour off the ALCAN but a neat
> > little town, worth
> > visiting, especially if you can take the
> > glacier tour by small
> > airplane. The plane ride over glaciers was the
> > highlight of our
> > trip, well worth the money.
> >
> > Dawson City, Yukon. The site of the "Alaska"
> > gold rush. Great
> > museum and wonderfully restored gold rush
> > buildings. In the late
> > 1890's Dawson was the biggest city west of
> > Chicago and North of San
> > Francisco.
> >
> > The scenic Dempster highway north of Dawson,
> > stay below 50 MPH and
> > you won't blow your tires. Drive up the Artic
> > Circle marker or all
> > the way to Inuvik which has a great municipal
> > campground.
> >
> > Top of the World highway between Dawson and Tok
> > Alaska, very scenic.
> >
> > Photos from our trip in 2002 (scroll down to
> > the Canada area)
> >
> http://www.pauldottrip.com/index_northamerica.html
> >
>
>
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