North Carolina to Alaska July 2011
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Dustycooper
USMC (RET)
Wish I were you!
Sorry I missed the retirement! sure wish I had done something like this when I could have. Enjoy your deployment and post a lot for us to follow! Dusty
Sorry I missed the retirement! sure wish I had done something like this when I could have. Enjoy your deployment and post a lot for us to follow! Dusty
Packed-holy crap
I packed most of the stuff up a few weeks ago but the final packup was just finished tonight and both the FJ and the trailer are stuffed. Once I make camp the first time there will be more room as I get rid of boxes and get the bedding in the tent,etc. I have a lot of stuff. I'll hit up a moderator to move this thread to the underway expeditions so you may have to look for the thread soon as I start out tomorrow morning :bike_rider:
I packed most of the stuff up a few weeks ago but the final packup was just finished tonight and both the FJ and the trailer are stuffed. Once I make camp the first time there will be more room as I get rid of boxes and get the bedding in the tent,etc. I have a lot of stuff. I'll hit up a moderator to move this thread to the underway expeditions so you may have to look for the thread soon as I start out tomorrow morning :bike_rider:
Hitch-Toys
New member
It is a great trip, enjoy! I work at Prudhoe so I am here 3 weeks on and 3 weeks off. I am here now until the 3rd of Aug. If it works out time wise I would love to show you around a little. A fellow FJ owner. There have been lots of rigs up here this summer. Just bring bug spray..:Wow1:
Moving along
First opportunity for an update beyond the normal Facebook checkin. I left WI on Tues morning a little late to let the tent dry out. Nothing to report along the way, trying to make good time and got as far as Glendive MT and stopped for a nap. Slept about an hour and was wide awake so headed for the Port of Raymond to enter Canada. Made it through customs in about 45 minutes, thought the lady was going to strip search me, wasn't looking forward to it, not a pleasant person but got through. Drove to Regina with a awesome lightning display all night, three electrical storms ahead but didn't get any rain from any of them. That was route 6, two lane but clear sailing all the way. Stopped for breakfast and headed for Saskatoon then towards Edmonton and finally looked for a campsite and pulled in at Saguardo? at the speedway and set up there, slept like a baby. Left there early and headed for Dawson Cr then on to Ft Nelson. Drove until about midnight and stopped just past Liard Hotsprings, slept in a pullout until about 5:30. Up and driving and am having lunch in Whitehorse and heading north. Pics will have to wait until I get somewhere that the wifi supports uploading pics to photo bucket. I'm able to email pics to Facebook but photo bucket is taking forever. I have some cool pics of the mountains and some wildlife and will post when I have adequate connectivity. :Wow1:
First opportunity for an update beyond the normal Facebook checkin. I left WI on Tues morning a little late to let the tent dry out. Nothing to report along the way, trying to make good time and got as far as Glendive MT and stopped for a nap. Slept about an hour and was wide awake so headed for the Port of Raymond to enter Canada. Made it through customs in about 45 minutes, thought the lady was going to strip search me, wasn't looking forward to it, not a pleasant person but got through. Drove to Regina with a awesome lightning display all night, three electrical storms ahead but didn't get any rain from any of them. That was route 6, two lane but clear sailing all the way. Stopped for breakfast and headed for Saskatoon then towards Edmonton and finally looked for a campsite and pulled in at Saguardo? at the speedway and set up there, slept like a baby. Left there early and headed for Dawson Cr then on to Ft Nelson. Drove until about midnight and stopped just past Liard Hotsprings, slept in a pullout until about 5:30. Up and driving and am having lunch in Whitehorse and heading north. Pics will have to wait until I get somewhere that the wifi supports uploading pics to photo bucket. I'm able to email pics to Facebook but photo bucket is taking forever. I have some cool pics of the mountains and some wildlife and will post when I have adequate connectivity. :Wow1:
Finally some bandwidth. Here are a few pics from the trip.
http://s1182.photobucket.com/albums/x448/Toddk375/. I'm still putting titles on some of them, some don't need them.
http://s1182.photobucket.com/albums/x448/Toddk375/. I'm still putting titles on some of them, some don't need them.
We're fishing for King Salmon this week on the Klutina river and having a great time. Photobucket quit working so can't post pics right now. We drove the Richardson Highway down from Delta Junction, lots of great sights, mountains and glaciers. We're in view of Wrangell-St Elias, snow covered and majestic in the distance.
As far as the trailer, it's a home design and home built. Designed for cargo and the RTT, fenders and tires, track width, all match the FJ. Other than a minor frame reinforcement it has no issues. A friend of mine has a metal shop in his garage and does awesome work.
As far as the trailer, it's a home design and home built. Designed for cargo and the RTT, fenders and tires, track width, all match the FJ. Other than a minor frame reinforcement it has no issues. A friend of mine has a metal shop in his garage and does awesome work.
I've updated the photobucket album. Went to the north slope. Dalton hwy is rough in a few places. Some construction, they wet the road to keep dust down then it rains. Miles of soupy road with several inches built up on the fenders. No issues going up but 2 stars and 2 cracks in the windshield coming down, and a flat that I plugged. Beautiful country.
I'm glad I put a tranny cooler and temp gauge in. I hit 215 going over the Atigun Pass heading north, easier coming south and only hit 195.
I'm glad I put a tranny cooler and temp gauge in. I hit 215 going over the Atigun Pass heading north, easier coming south and only hit 195.