just got back from alaska

awesome

I lived in Anchorage from 74-88. I miss AK very much. It was the best place to grow up. Thanks for posting.....now I'm "homesick"

Been to Valdez a bunch of times (before the spill) and Kenai once or twice, all by ship, of course. Really beautiful area.

I was fortunate to tag along with Grandpa when he went to visit his brother in AK in the summer when I was a kid. Unfortunately I think I may have been a little young to truly appreciate it but there is a lot I remember. We drove all over the place in a rental car, camped mostly instead of getting hotel rooms, and crashed on my great uncles couch. The whole ~22 hours of daylight thing was really weird, it completely throws off your sense of time if you arent used to it. We were going around seeing sights at all hours of the day and slept when we were tired.

We definitely visited that glacier in your 2nd pic.

Planning on a trip for the summer of 2014 or 15.

On my bucket list. With a new bike and retirement looming .....

2 friends of mine rode their Harleys from Central Texas to Anchorage, Shovelheads, yet, in the mid 80's.

Thanks coolusername. I thought about renting an RV. Would that limit your ability to go places though. I'm not planning on two-tracking, but those things are HUGE.

We have three kids, so I'm not sure how happy we'd be for two weeks in something that small. But I was surprised that the cost is less than a hotel.

coolusername wrote: so they brought in this badboy

My boys! Where teh herk at?

This is what I saw the last time I went to AK.

coolusername wrote:

dr said: We have three kids, so I'm not sure how happy we'd be for two weeks in something that small. But I was surprised that the cost is less than a hotel.

your are right, they dont make a rv that big! teh e36 me, if you are asking where that rescue was, it was in the Kenai Fjord last Monday out of Seward Alaska

Ahh, the 32 footer might be ok. It'll be tight sure, but we won't have to find a hotel every night, or use one as a base camp.

coolusername wrote:

dr said: We have three kids, so I'm not sure how happy we'd be for two weeks in something that small. But I was surprised that the cost is less than a hotel.

your are right, they dont make a rv that big! teh e36 me, if you are asking where that rescue was, it was in the Kenai Fjord last Monday out of Seward Alaska

Cool. I'm a CG pilot... good to see our folks doing good stuff.

Lived in Fairbanks 83-85. Flew on army helicopters up there. Only places I never went to was the Aleutians and around Juneau area. Even spent time north of Alaska on the artic icecap in November. 80 below w/windchill below 100 below is extremely cold (using words the filter won't catch and being polite). Did like it there and thought about staying there when my tour was up.