Builds AK HJ-75 (3 Viewers)

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Last Friday we got a break from the rain, forecast was to stay dry through Saturday, so we packed up and met friends at the Resurrection Trail trail head just outside of Hope. By the time we got there the forecast changed to light/moderate rain Friday night into Sunday night. So we did a quick drive up Palmer creek road .

 

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Evening light

 

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Saturday drove into Hope for some fru fru coffee and just drove around some in the light rain

Anchorage is behind that mist/rain

 

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Sunday morning the rain broke, so decided to go do a short hike up Palmer Creek road and enjoy the sunshine.

 

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Fall colors
Blue berries still in abundance

 

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Caribou food

 

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Sunday when we got ready to leave for home, found water in the passenger foot well below the cabin fan
So today I removed the fan and fan box, the boot cowl cover.
I suspect the source of water leak in moderate rain is due to the differences between the RHD and LHD boot cowl area is that converting to LHD the oblong hole on top ends right above the inside lip of the debris stopper above the cabin air intake. So with enough rain water can fall into the cabin air intake. Hopefully the pictures make sense.

 

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So I covered this area with silver tape and duck tape for strength.

Had to trim the bottom of the plastic leaf screen so as to not press into the tape. Will see how this works in the long run.

 

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Thanks for the nice fall pics. Makes me home sick a bit. I ended up not going to Anchorage this summer as planned due to medical stuff but will be driving to Hyder Ak. Next week to do some Silver fishing. I guess that counts.

 

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Friday after work we headed down turnagain arm to Hope again. We had previously found this nifty little loop road off the Hope road. On the south side of turnagain arm.

 

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Next morning was clear.

 

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Trying to decide what hike to do, climb mount Hope or hike to Gull rock. Asked some friends for their recommendations and they suggested climbing Point Hope, great views and less chances of running into bears. So we decided the Point Hope. Ugg, should have thought that one over better considering our condition. Peak is about 3773ft and the trail is 4.26mi. Took us about 7:30hrs round trip. Coming down took longer than climbing due to my knees, they don’t like long downhills
And almost right at the beginning we encountered a mama black bear with two cubs about 12ft off the trail. She wasn’t interested in moving after us waiting for about 20min so we backtracked a short way and took a section of the old trail up back to the new trail bypassing the mama black bear. Anyway, it was a hard trip for both of us, my wife didn’t go all the way. But the great weather made for some spectacular views.

 

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More pics
The town of Hope

 

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More pics

You can see people up top

 

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View from the top.

 

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Anchorage and Denali

 

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Another view up the valley south of Hope with the different sun

 

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Looks like I might have figured out how to post on YouTube so here’s the climb in the rain back at the end of August in the Canwell glacier area, at the bottom of page 108.

 

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Care package from Japan4x4. Restocking spares used.

 

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Today’s project, replace water pump on the RAV4 V6. Uggg.