Wyoming B.S. Thread

We did this trip in Aug/Sept of '16, I'd be happy to answer any questions you've got. The ferry ride was amazing, the Inside Passage is a unique part of Alaska.

 

The "camping" photo awhile back in this thread was from that trip... Actually my 'intro' photo was from the ALCAN too... I've never done a full write up on the trip, there are so many others out there with more of a flair for it. But we took the ferry up, drove to Prudhoe, all over the interior, down the Kenai, puttered around Yukon, then down the ALCAN, a few Canadian dirt roads in Alberta/BC, then back into Montana. We took two months, and it was still a lot of driving and gas was the biggest expense...

 

damn. 2 months....

wish i could do that. Sounds cool! Post up a few more shots man!

 

It was a unique opportunity - between jobs, we had the savings, the time off, and we'd always wanted to go. Even our 4 year old had a good time, he'll still rattle off random Alaskan animals and ask why we can't see them in Wyoming.

 

Oil and new tires before leaving Montana. Rotated the tires in a campground after finishing the Dalton Hwy. Oil Change and tire rotation in Anchorage, then rotated the tires again when we got back to MT.

Most of the bills are on auto-pay from the bank. We were between homes, so no rent/utilities. Insurance, Cell Phones, InReach, etc. all paid themselves each month. It isn't much of a "backcountry" trip though, I was doing an on-line college class, so we were hitting WiFi with some regularity to be able to keep on top of things.

 

Here is a link for the InReach track: https://share.delorme.com/JudsonStrom2

 

Some - I made a big Google Map of all the cool places mentioned in other people's trip reports as well as things that friends told us about, then started trying to connect the dots. We chose to take the ferry up so that we didn't have a hard deadline to be back, mostly we were just trying to stay ahead of the weather coming back south. There were a couple of hard dates that drove planning (campground reservations in Denali NP, my sister flying in, a boat tour in Seward, and roads/border crossings closing) but the rest was sort of open. I did a bunch of rough time/distance estimates but they left a fair amount of flexibility to explore places. The estimates really helped plan when/where to find a town to restock groceries, do laundry, take a shower, and where we wanted to plan extra days for activities.

 

Sounds like a blast! Be hard to go back to normal life after all that. Would be for me.

 

It was - So I went elk hunting for a week in Central MT...

 

Power steering pump leak like all over

 

One of my favorite views - camped at the end of a dirt airstrip in the interior. As we were having dinner a moose walked across the strip about 50 yards in front of the truck.

 

Shots fired! I repeat, shots fired!

 

Forgot about the roof leak, the 1000 times it takes to slam your hood shut, door handles.......the moldy goldfish!!!!!!!!!!!

 

awesome! I was born in Anchorage. I loved the airplanes about AK. So fun.

If you do..then i rest my earlier case..

 

and here you were saying your truck was tip top shape..and we were all crazy.

Damn...feels good.

Also, TRS stopped their 25% off TW discount Knew i should have ordered my kit sooner...

 

Damn I was gonna order the 40inch single row bar

 

eh better bars out there. i just wanted retros..

came out of the blue today. Not stoked about it

 

Not a bad price 160 shipped. What's comparable? I did my retros 1 year ago and I wish I would of stayed stock really for the money and time and my OCD of things being clean and good