Ellen, Feel free to pmail me and I will be glad to offer ideas on the trip. We have lived in Alaska most of our lives and have made the trip you are planning in a Westy. Our driveway in Anchorage is always open to wandering vans, that way the two that reside in it have company.:<)
Mark in AK ----- Original Message ----- From: Ellen <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:11 am Subject: Trip to Alaska, summer 2009 To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Never too soon to start gathering ideas for this! After the five- > week, 7000-mile cross-country trip last fall (which went fairly > well) I am anxious to take Lola up to the GREAT LAND on a four > week jaunt this summer. Any input is welcome, as well as > potential traveling partners. I feel traveling up to Alaska is > different than around the lower 48 in that there are fewer > resources should something go wrong. I am open to traveling in a > group of Vanagons, as opposed to just myself. Places that are on > my must see list are Anchorage, Denali, and Fairbanks. Everything > else is negotiable. I am located close to Portland, Oregon. > > TIA, > > Ellen > Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI > Coee, Traveling Cat > > Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel; stride > down there.....and light the bloody thing yourself." ~Dara Henderson > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009 |
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