Mark, I was there for three full years, and two
years in Anchorage and Fairbanks. No lie.
My father was a bush pilot and aircraft mechanic
there.
I worked on planes with him.

Robert

1982 Westfalia

--- Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET> wrote:

> Did you spend those three years all in one
> afternoon, or did your plane leave and turn
> back due to bad weather? :-)
>
> Mark in AK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
> Date: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:37 pm
> Subject: Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska
> trip NOT!
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
> > Don't forget Bethel.I lived there 3 years. No
> > trip to Alaska is complete without seeing the
> > non-tourist Alaska. If you fly over the
> > Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta you'll wonder why they
> > don't say "1,000 lakes" on the license
> plates.
> > BTW, the wildlife taking refuge there  to
> fear is
> > the State Bird, the mosquito.
> >
> >
> > Robert
> > 1982 Westfalia
> >
> > Alaska, where a gringo is a gussuck (or a
> > Guzyk?!!)
> > Sorry, I could'nt resist.
> >
> > --- Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM> wrote:
> >
> > > Even if it costs you $1,000 more than it
> would
> > > have cost last year
> > > it's still worth the trip....ask anyone who
> has
> > > done it.
> > >
> > > Alaska (and the Yukon/BC) is incredible in
> the
> > > summer.  Long days,
> > > lots of nature.
> > >
> > > Thousands of places to stealth camp for
> free.
> > > Cook your own meals to
> > > save money...you've got a Westy, use it!
> Also,
> > > you will smile to
> > > yourself every time you see a 45 foot
> motorhome
> > > filling up.
> > >
> > > Things we liked on our trip (all on the
> > > Canadian side):
> > >
> > > Liard Hotsprings northern BC near the Yukon
> > > border.  Rustic hot
> > > springs in the middle of nowhere.
> > >
> > > Atlin BC, an hour off the ALCAN but a neat
> > > little town, worth
> > > visiting, especially if you can take the
> > > glacier tour by small
> > > airplane.  The plane ride over glaciers was
> the
> > > highlight of our
> > > trip, well worth the money.
> > >
> > > Dawson City, Yukon.  The site of the
> "Alaska"
> > > gold rush.  Great
> > > museum and wonderfully restored gold rush
> > > buildings. In the late
> > > 1890's Dawson was the biggest city west of
> > > Chicago and North of San
> > > Francisco.
> > >
> > > The scenic Dempster highway north of
> Dawson,
> > > stay below 50 MPH and
> > > you won't blow your tires.  Drive up the
> Artic
> > > Circle marker or all
> > > the way to Inuvik which has a great
> municipal
> > > campground.
> > >
> > > Top of the World highway between Dawson and
> Tok
> > > Alaska, very scenic.
> > >
> > > Photos from our trip in 2002 (scroll down
> to
> > > the Canada area)
> > >
> >
>
http://www.pauldottrip.com/index_northamerica.html
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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