ALCAN Drive 2011

Word is out...there's a new man in town !
Methinks you'll be sampling home cooking soon.

 

Reading through this entire thread, I was loving it until I came across these 2 pictures, then I just started shaking my head saying "NOPE" outloud. Flashback to last March, I think it's a brilliant idea to take the 2wd xrunner on a road trip to go snowboarding in Lake Placid, NY. Ended up on a road like this as night approached...low and behold...No real damage (body kit clips broke off), but lesson learned.



6 months later, I bought a 4x4 offroad. After seeing these pictures, I hope to make a trip like yours someday, the mountains look amazing.

 

Sounds like a good excuse for a TW Kodiak Mod Day!

 

Luckily, Those are some huge parking spaces!

 

Wow! Over 5k views!

Mods, this may start to get off topic from 2nd Gens - feel free to move to Off-Topic...

Drove up Pillar Mountain this afternoon, actually - drove up it twice. The first time I reached the summit, I did a "Dammit, I should have brought my camera".

The blades on the wind turbines are around 180 feet long, just to give a sense of perspective. They provide roughly about 10% of the total power for the island, which is pretty substantial.

About 10 degrees out.

 

Wow...

Incredible views.

 

Would have gotten some more shots, fingers were starting to freeze.

 

I think the fact that I had about 800 pounds in the bed of the truck greatly improved my traction in 2WD. Quite a remarkable difference in in how it handles after taking everything out/camper top off...actually put 2 60 LB. sand bags in the back. Made a huge difference in traction in 2WD.

One of the biggest lessons that I learned through this trip, and yes - it sounds stupid, was to SLOW DOWN. Initially, it was hard to see vehicles pass me at 80 MPH. Let them drive fast.

 

Awesome pics!

One of my favorite threads to follow.

 

Keep the pictures coming...I can't get enough of mountains. Add in pictures of the truck up there gives me some inspiration to head out west and try it myself.

 

Working on getting internet at my apartment - be able to upload some more pictures.

Going to be major project "balls to the wall" time on the boat. Captain just got back into town from a vacation.

Again, everyone - Thanks!

 

I see why you got the First Mate job! You're a quick learner! I have three 50 lb sand bags in my bed.

Stay Safe out there!

Good Luck as things spin up on the boat.

 

Certainly no other RI License Plates !

 

Cool thread, been thinking about moving up there after this spring semester to finish my bachelors degree at UAA. Can't wait for more pictures.

 

I'm planning on moving to Anchorage in March - April. Glad you posted this up, every little bit of info will be useful for me. And the pictures just reassured me that I made the right choice to move. Can't wait...

 

God that's beautiful!!! Me and my wife are transfering up to Kodak this month we r taking the ferry to haines, AK the driving to homer, AK then the ferry from homer to Kodiak,. I can't wait man this was an epic thread. U took some awsome pics, well done. Maybe ill do a thread like this too.

 

Curious as to the current status of the OP....

How's AK treating you?

 

Do it! I want to see pics of that ferry route also

 

Glad you made it to your destination. I was checking out all the pics and thought maybe I should put some pics of some of my adventures from up here in Alaska. But I don't wanna thread jack so let me know what you guys think.

 

I will, but we are going to be doing the trip in my wires jeep commander