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  1. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    Thanks a lot for liking my trip report and making time to read it. I see we definitely share the same idea about hotels. It is truly painful to pay a lot of money for one night for a hotel only to check in very late at night and be gone by 5am the next morning. Camping is out mainly because...
  2. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    Thanks a lot for this breakdown. I do like numbers like you. I use numbers in almost everything I do. It helps me easily understand and remember things since I am good with numbers. Your breakdown really makes sense and aligns with what I have been calculating already on paper. I hope I do not...
  3. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    I thought about going further than Jade City, but there is no other good town to get a cheap hotel. They are all priced above $150. Sadly, my greatest expense is usually hotels. There are many places where my hotel is more than $100 a night. My trip is 30 days long. 30 days at hotels for an...
  4. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    Thanks a lot for the great advice. I appreciate it very much. The main "raison d'etre" for this trip is to check off my bucket list item of driving the Dempster Highway and visiting McCatthy-Kennicott Mine. So, I plan to savor the wilderness landscape on this trip. Though I am not doing this...
  5. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    It is a go. I am going to drive the Dempster Highway. My 2024 Accord Honda is in for some serious beating on that road. I have a full spare and a donut spare. So I have 2 spare tires. I will use 2 days to drive from Dawson City to Inuvik. I want to drive a lot of the road from 11pm to 6 am...
  6. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    Today, I bought a full-size spare tire for my car in preparation for over 1,000 miles of hardcore dirt road at the end of June. I plan to drive the whole of the Dempster Highway in Canada throughout the night since the sun will be up for 24 hours. The risk of having a flat tire or a cracked...
  7. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    Thanks a lot for the compliment. I really enjoyed my trip very well last year. It was my most memorable trip till date. But guess what? I never finished that trip and I felt sad. My sibling was visiting the US at that time so I had to cut my vacation short to rush home to spend a week with him...
  8. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    Local Museum in Bandjoun. We took a 6 hours drive with 2 vehicles to cover 140 miles one way to visit our village of Bandjoun. The roads are horrible, that is why it takes 6 hours to cover 140 miles. On top of that, they have radar detectors to get people and demand they pay 25,000 frs CFA...
  9. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    Random Pictures from my trip out of the country... I got to see an Arctic Truck at the Toyota dealership here in Douala, Cameroon. My first time seeing one in person and I was very impressed with the built. It looks and feels solid. A 2024 Toyota Hilux. Price: 56,000,000 frs CFA = Approximately...
  10. PetitFrereArmada

    Scepter 5 gallons military fuel/gas jerry can. $110 each

    Bump. If there is anybody wiling to buy all 10 Jerry Cans at one time, I can sell them all for a discount. Let me know. I can even deliver them in person up to 2 hours or 120 miles away from me. I can do a quick round trip to deliver. Let me know if interested.
  11. PetitFrereArmada

    Garmin DriveSmart 66 with Amazon Alexa. BRAND NEW IN BOX - $140 shipped

    Brand NEW IN Box. Garmin DriveSmart 66 with Alexa built in. Priced to sell fast. $140 shipped.
  12. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    FREE: America the Beautiful Park Pass. Expires 12/23 https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/free-america-the-beautiful-park-pass-expires-12-23.242035/ My pass expires 12/23. That is the end of this month. I am offering it COMPLETELY FREE to anybody who will genuinely use it. Please, take...
  13. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    Unfortunately, I took the oil sample but I never shipped it out to Blackstone for a UOA. Just before I shipped it out, I went to the dealership and oh well, I left with a brand new car. I traded in my 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid base model for a 2024 Honda Accord Hybrid EX-L. They gave me a good...
  14. PetitFrereArmada

    FREE: America The Beautiful Park Pass. Expires 12/23

    My pass expires 12/23. That is the end of this month. I am offering it COMPLETELY FREE to anybody who will genuinely use it. Please, take it only if you will honestly use it. I guess you can post some pics from your trip if you use it. That would be nice, but not a requirement to get the free...
  15. PetitFrereArmada

    Scepter 5 gallons military fuel/gas jerry can. $110 each

    I am willing to sell all 10 as a package deal to someone who is willing to give me a good offer to buy all 10. Someone who is able pick them up. I am willing to drive to meet a buyer willing to buy all 10 for a deal. PM me if interested.
  16. PetitFrereArmada

    After 8 years in a full size, moving back to a mid-size - Recommendations?

    The Nissan Armada is a great bargain vehicle. In my opinion, it is the best most affordable large 4x4 V8 out there. I like the way it is described as the poor man's Landcuriser. I have owned 3 of them. Well, 2 Nissan Armada and 1 QX. I have only good things to say about my 2 Nissan Armada. I do...
  17. PetitFrereArmada

    Texas to Alaska to Texas. 2020 Honda Accord Hybrid driving on the Dalton Highway and the Dempster Highway. July/August 2023.

    How do you like the Accord hybrid? I would say 10/10, but I say 8/10 because the driver seat is not very comfortable for me. But I love this car! It shines in gas savings as mileage. Only another hybrid can compare with it in getting the most mileage out of a tank of gas. I often hypermile and...
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