We left Elkhart IN early Monday morning. Hit Deadwood SD this morning. Looks like I'll have to catch my breath here for a couple of days.....since they have casinos. Y'all don't have to worry, Pam won't let me out of her sight.
If anyone else is on this journey, maybe we could share it here.
Red
cherylbrv said
03:21 PM May 29, 2014
How exciting and awesome!!! Have a wonderful and safe journey! Try to send some photos or keep a blog or journal for us!
Check out RVillage as well; you can see where most folks are (as long as they remember to change)!
jrzygrl64 said
03:37 PM May 29, 2014
Can't wait to hear all about it! And don't forget PICS!
Hugs to you both!
Kelly and Bill
Ric and Rebecca said
04:24 PM May 29, 2014
got to hit saloon #10. wild bill dealt a bad hand of cards there.
Nanascots said
04:29 PM May 29, 2014
Keep us posted! How's the 'solitude' doing? We saw one at the Houston rv show and really liked it...
BiggarView said
04:31 PM May 29, 2014
Finally, word on your progress. On RVillage you are still tagged in Elkhart (Ebys Pines). Guess you'll need to update that. Where do you plan to cross into Canada? And yes, we need pix or it didn't happen
Brian
-- Edited by biggaRView on Thursday 29th of May 2014 04:35:47 PM
dianneandsteve said
04:53 PM May 29, 2014
We look forward to hearing all about it Red and Pam. Safe travels and watch out for those frost heaves!
Hdrider said
05:00 PM May 29, 2014
We will be looking to hearing about your journey to Alaska. We keep kicking it around ourselves.
Have a great time!!
Jo and Ben said
06:10 PM May 29, 2014
What a great adventure! Looking forward to hearing your progress and keeping our fingers crossed for good weather for you :)
bjoyce said
09:40 PM May 29, 2014
If you get a chance to try a Musk Ox burger, do it. I saw it once, in Talkeetna, but my wife wasn't in the mood that day and we thought we would see it again. We did not see it on the menu again. You will have lots of chances to eat reindeer, mostly sausage, salmon and halibut.
Camper Chronicles said
05:23 AM May 30, 2014
Hooray Red and Pam!!! Love following your adventures
NWescapee said
08:02 AM May 30, 2014
Red and Pam - have a great trip! Can't wait to hear about your adventures.
WestWardHo said
08:10 AM May 30, 2014
You two adventurous souls! Love that you're living YOUR dream! Can't wait to hear more!
Sherry & Jesse
DebbieM said
11:53 AM May 30, 2014
No doubt you're having a great time! Keep us all updated. We'd like your input on places to stay/avoid! Lots of pics too!!
el Rojo and Pam said
06:06 AM May 31, 2014
bjoyce wrote:
If you get a chance to try a Musk Ox burger, do it. I saw it once, in Talkeetna, but my wife wasn't in the mood that day and we thought we would see it again. We did not see it on the menu again. You will have lots of chances to eat reindeer, mostly sausage, salmon and halibut.
Will do on the Musk Ox burger, hope it comes with cheese and fries. LOL
el Rojo and Pam said
06:14 AM May 31, 2014
We'll get plenty of pictures and Pam always keeps a log of places we stayed. Headed to the battle of Little Bighorn today.
Question about phone service. If we call Verizon can we get a reasonable phone service price in Canada or should we just turn them off?
dewwood said
06:26 AM May 31, 2014
Not sure about Verizon but with AT&T we added coverage for the time we needed. It was a lot less than with no plan. Wife was just in Canada for a few days and it was $1.00 per minute without plan. We did not add it for just the few days she was there.
bjoyce said
09:14 AM May 31, 2014
For Verizon, I was told that only if you are on the Share Everything plan you can add Canada. Otherwise they have to switch you to Share Everything. You still won't have cell phone service for much of the Alaskan Highway or Cassiar, but most Canadians won't have service either.
MarkS said
10:23 AM May 31, 2014
Yo Red. I'm right there in the seat next to you in spirit. I'm a little uncomfortable that you don't plan to drop bread crumbs. How will you find your way back? If it wasn't for this whole internet addiction thing, BFFs and LOLs I could get attached to the Canadian and Alaskan wilderness.
BiggarView said
10:36 AM May 31, 2014
el Rojo and Pam wrote:
.... Headed to the battle of Little Bighorn today...
Spoiler alert, the Indians won.
Terry and Jo said
03:33 PM May 31, 2014
While in Alaska, be aware of your neighbors.
They will be aware of you, and any "goodies" you may leave out.
We saw this lady in Denali National Park. She was digging for a ground squirrel.
Terry
LibertyLinda said
05:52 PM May 31, 2014
Have a great trip you guys. Just over north of Yellowstone in Montana is as far north as we have ever been, lol. Can't wait to see the pictures.
el Rojo and Pam said
09:21 PM May 31, 2014
Verizon added 1000 minutes "talk or text" for $15. Data was out of site... $25 for 10 megabytes. I wont be posting as much for about a week or so.
Thanks for all the well wishes. We'll let everyone travel with us through our pictures.
Red and Pam.
P.S. Terry if I see your little lady, I'll tell her you said hi.
-- Edited by el Rojo and Pam on Sunday 1st of June 2014 06:42:09 AM
-- Edited by el Rojo and Pam on Sunday 1st of June 2014 06:44:07 AM
el Rojo and Pam said
09:32 PM May 31, 2014
biggaRView wrote:
el Rojo and Pam wrote:
.... Headed to the battle of Little Bighorn today...
Spoiler alert, the Indians won.
We drove through it today for the second time. Took a walking trail we didn't take 3 yrs ago. Had a great time.
We are staying at 7th Ranch RV camp. It is just SE of the battle field, we climbed a hill at the park and could see the battle field 2 miles to the NE. FYI very nice RV park.
And yes the Indians still won.
Jimmy and Janis said
07:44 PM Jun 1, 2014
Gosh Red y'all are gonna miss all the Texas heat. We will sure be thinkin about ya. Send us some pics and tell us all about it, we sure hope to make that trip someday.
phyllen said
08:03 PM Jun 1, 2014
We leave the TX heat on Sunday and head to Alaska. First stopping at Yellowstone for a few days. I called Verizon about cell coverage in Canada. Told $.89 a minute but texting is free on our plan. Will surely using whatever available WiFi we can find and not our 4GLTE mifi. But once in Alaska our current plan is back in effect.
We also called DirecTV. Said won't get service in Canada but will in Alaska. That's strange considering it comes from a satellite.
Wondering also about Sirius Radio.
Come on coolness of Alaska, can't take this Texas heat.
dianneandsteve said
08:11 AM Jun 2, 2014
We found that the Sirius Radio reception was poor to non existent in Alaska.
Have a great trip!
el Rojo and Pam said
07:45 AM Jun 12, 2014
Good morning! We've made it to Ft. Nelson, BC. It's mile 300 on the Alcan Hwy. We're having a blast and enjoying all the sites. We'll post some pictures when we get a better internet connection.
Red
BiggarView said
07:56 AM Jun 12, 2014
Wishing we were there. But we're not jealous or anything like that..... Naaah! We have some ocean front property in Arizona for sale if you're interested. Rock the house, errr, coach Red.
The Hensons said
06:18 AM Jun 21, 2014
Wow...you two don't waste time! Enjoy the journey! Maybe you can get there for the salmon run...3rd week in July in Kenai.
el Rojo and Pam said
08:18 AM Jun 21, 2014
Thanks Brian and Kyle. We're in Haines Alaska. We took a sightseeing boat trip on Thursday, we got to see sea lions, bald eagles and had humpback whales come close to the boat.......very cool. Headed back out this morning for king salmon fishing.
Red
Bill and Linda said
10:45 AM Jun 21, 2014
Red:
Where is the rig parked?Did you leave it in Whitehorse or take it down the mountain to Skagway?Perhaps you took the train down to Skagway?That’s a fabulous train ride if you have time.Scenery you can’t see from Rt 98.I believe it is considered by some to be one of the top train rides in the world by some. ‘Curious about your route
You guys are having the trip everyone who travels in an RV should take.
Looking forward to returning ourselves before long.I take it the rig is doing fine.
Enjoy
Bill
el Rojo and Pam said
05:58 PM Jun 21, 2014
Bill, the rig is great. We are in Haines, AK. The town is throwing a salmon bake tonight at Dalton City "a city park" where they filmed White Fang, about 1/2 mile from our RV park. Yes we took the train out of Fraser BC "I think" to Skagway. It was great.
Having a great time.
Red
soos said
11:59 PM Jun 21, 2014
we are in Juneau, headed to Haines on the ferry in the wee hours of the morning, hoping to spend a few days on the Eagle preserve.
The Junkman said
08:24 AM Jun 22, 2014
This run would be awesome.. We plan on Alaska in year 3.. we hope.. starting east coast..
I want to look for some gold up there too..lol I like prospecting.
Have fun!
James and Cindy said
11:05 AM Jun 22, 2014
Red, I hope ya'll like Haines. My stepdad was born there and still has family in town. It's been a few years since my parents made the trip. He was 75 the last time they made it to Haines. They drove from Louisiana to Haines several summers in their class c. I think their last trip to Alaska was Hyder when he was about 78. They still do short trip at 87 years young. It is just harder to do longer trips. It is on our bucket list to do.
Enjoy Alaska,
James
Terry and Jo said
01:41 PM Jun 22, 2014
Speaking of family in Alaska, Jo's family had one person that moved to Alaska and sought gold. If you've ever heard of Fannie and Joe Quigley, Joe was the family member. Jo's sister is in possession of a letter from a "Joe Quigley" that wrote of being in Alaska. When we took our cruise in 2005, we did a cruise and land tour. Royal Caribbean had some association with a housing facility right out of Denali National Park. While in there, we noticed references to Fannie and Joe, including pictures of the two of them. While we can't be absolutely certain that their Joe Quigley was related to Jo's family, he certainly had a familial resemblance to some of the other Quigleys in the lower 48.
One never knows what one will find in their travels.
Terry
sirwinston21 said
09:36 PM Jun 22, 2014
We just visited the Joe n Fannies cabin in Denali this past Monday. We also took the bus/train to Skagway from Whitehorse a couple of weeks ago. Kind of lost in time and cannot remember all of the dates from everything we have done. This is day 40 of our Alaskan adventure. Currently in Palmer till Friday and then heading to Ninilchik for a couple of weeks of fishing.
el Rojo and Pam said
11:34 PM Jun 22, 2014
Hey Jesse, let me know about the fishing. Thanks for posting.
We left Elkhart IN early Monday morning. Hit Deadwood SD this morning. Looks like I'll have to catch my breath here for a couple of days.....since they have casinos. Y'all don't have to worry, Pam won't let me out of her sight.
If anyone else is on this journey, maybe we could share it here.
Red
Check out RVillage as well; you can see where most folks are (as long as they remember to change)!
Hugs to you both!
Kelly and Bill
Finally, word on your progress. On RVillage you are still tagged in Elkhart (Ebys Pines). Guess you'll need to update that. Where do you plan to cross into Canada? And yes, we need pix or it didn't happen
Brian
-- Edited by biggaRView on Thursday 29th of May 2014 04:35:47 PM
We look forward to hearing all about it Red and Pam. Safe travels and watch out for those frost heaves!
Have a great time!!
Sherry & Jesse
No doubt you're having a great time! Keep us all updated. We'd like your input on places to stay/avoid! Lots of pics too!!
Will do on the Musk Ox burger, hope it comes with cheese and fries. LOL
Question about phone service. If we call Verizon can we get a reasonable phone service price in Canada or should we just turn them off?
Not sure about Verizon but with AT&T we added coverage for the time we needed. It was a lot less than with no plan. Wife was just in Canada for a few days and it was $1.00 per minute without plan. We did not add it for just the few days she was there.
Spoiler alert, the Indians won.
While in Alaska, be aware of your neighbors.
They will be aware of you, and any "goodies" you may leave out.
We saw this lady in Denali National Park. She was digging for a ground squirrel.
Terry
Verizon added 1000 minutes "talk or text" for $15. Data was out of site... $25 for 10 megabytes. I wont be posting as much for about a week or so.
Thanks for all the well wishes. We'll let everyone travel with us through our pictures.
Red and Pam.
P.S. Terry if I see your little lady, I'll tell her you said hi.
-- Edited by el Rojo and Pam on Sunday 1st of June 2014 06:42:09 AM
-- Edited by el Rojo and Pam on Sunday 1st of June 2014 06:44:07 AM
We drove through it today for the second time. Took a walking trail we didn't take 3 yrs ago. Had a great time.
We are staying at 7th Ranch RV camp. It is just SE of the battle field, we climbed a hill at the park and could see the battle field 2 miles to the NE. FYI very nice RV park.
And yes the Indians still won.
We also called DirecTV. Said won't get service in Canada but will in Alaska. That's strange considering it comes from a satellite.
Wondering also about Sirius Radio.
Come on coolness of Alaska, can't take this Texas heat.
We found that the Sirius Radio reception was poor to non existent in Alaska.
Have a great trip!
Red
Wishing we were there. But we're not jealous or anything like that..... Naaah!
We have some ocean front property in Arizona for sale if you're interested.
Rock the house, errr, coach Red.
Red
Red:
Where is the rig parked? Did you leave it in Whitehorse or take it down the mountain to Skagway? Perhaps you took the train down to Skagway? That’s a fabulous train ride if you have time. Scenery you can’t see from Rt 98. I believe it is considered by some to be one of the top train rides in the world by some. ‘Curious about your route
You guys are having the trip everyone who travels in an RV should take.
Looking forward to returning ourselves before long. I take it the rig is doing fine.
Enjoy
Bill
Having a great time.
Red
I want to look for some gold up there too..lol I like prospecting.
Have fun!
Red, I hope ya'll like Haines. My stepdad was born there and still has family in town. It's been a few years since my parents made the trip. He was 75 the last time they made it to Haines. They drove from Louisiana to Haines several summers in their class c. I think their last trip to Alaska was Hyder when he was about 78. They still do short trip at 87 years young. It is just harder to do longer trips. It is on our bucket list to do.
Enjoy Alaska,
James
Speaking of family in Alaska, Jo's family had one person that moved to Alaska and sought gold. If you've ever heard of Fannie and Joe Quigley, Joe was the family member. Jo's sister is in possession of a letter from a "Joe Quigley" that wrote of being in Alaska. When we took our cruise in 2005, we did a cruise and land tour. Royal Caribbean had some association with a housing facility right out of Denali National Park. While in there, we noticed references to Fannie and Joe, including pictures of the two of them. While we can't be absolutely certain that their Joe Quigley was related to Jo's family, he certainly had a familial resemblance to some of the other Quigleys in the lower 48.
One never knows what one will find in their travels.
Terry
Red