Alaska Cruiser Trek 2008 (8 Viewers)

[Mark W]

Roger and Todd just left yesterday for the drive with the three rigs... Brad and Jen are on the road stil for sight seeing... Karol and Kyle left Sunday night after a couple of days of repairs, also mstill with trip ahead to sightsee... MedicBob is still seeing bits of Alaska. Only people actually home are those who flew up and us locals.

Nice easy trek this time. No major carnage, no big delays. One rig that drove to the trailhead came home on the trailer, but mainly because we did not feel like working one it in the rain on the ground... when we had a shop with a lift waiting for it

The unusually wet and cool summer (GLOBAL WARMING... GLOBAL WARMING!!! RUN AWAY!!! RUN AWAY!!!).... sorry... Anyway the unusual heavy rains gave us some high water levels on the Tok, Slana, Chistochina and Gokana rivers. Too high to attempt getting this group through. So we had to move the trek from the Alaska Range to the eastern edge of the Talkeetnas. If we do the trek in 2010, we will keep the rotation flipped and hit the Alaska range then.


Mark...

 

[matt.mcinnes]

Marking the days off my calender till 2010

 

[The Dude]

We will post up more pics when we get home in august. Seward and Homer where great but Denali is turning out to be a bust... it hasn't stopped raining. Stealing wifi from one of the locals.

We had a great trip and really enjoyed meeting everyone.

 

[pismojim]

We will post up more pics when we get home in august. Seward and Homer where great but Denali is turning out to be a bust... it hasn't stopped raining. Stealing wifi from one of the locals.

We had a great trip and really enjoyed meeting everyone.

Deja vu

Never saw Denali in 2001 . (last year it was an unexpected and surreal surprise)

July 2001 was wettest July on record.......by the 22nd.... and it kept raining through the rest of the month. Alaska is all about the Blue Tarp. But don't ask Alaskans about rain or mosquitoes. Can you do the mossie dance?

Ageed, Homer, Seward and many other places ROCK! If Denali busts head up to Circle Hot Springs for a good soak.

More pics and stories please, living vicariously through your trip - I love a road trip!

Mark. Darrelll, Kevin, Lydia, et al, good to see you in the highlands, I miss you guys.

So is is Clutchy a trip or what?

How about a reunion? Surf N Turf?
I know it's blatantly selfish but hey, whatever dude.

P.S. I have 37x14.5 Toyos on Knuckles, it ain't Bald Boggers, but it could be fun. did somebody say 2010?

 

[pismojim]

P.S. Posted this on the Interweb in 2001 using gruelingly slow land line motel modems:

Last Frontier vacation pics...

On the Road to the Last Frontier


Road Trip!!!

 

[JACOBYWESTERN]

Coolest summer in Alaska on record

Sorry Denali was a bust Brad & Jen. At least you tried.

The talk around Anchorage this morning is an article in the local paper citing the coolest Anchorage temps on record was the year 1970 with only 16 days out of 365 above 65 degrees F.

This year so far, only 7 days above 65 degrees.....

 

[Bodean]

Must be the global warming!

 

[desertgirl66]

Looks like a great ACT !!! Lots of mud, rigs deep in it, river crossings, rain and snow

ACT '06 still remains one of the best journeys I have ever had, Mark & the Crew were totally awesome.

Nice to see a few pics of Mark, Darrell, Kevin & Lydia and all those big ol' muddy FJ 40's. fun stuff~

Looking forward to more pictures!!

Desertgirl

 

[Mark W]

Sorry Denali was a bust Brad & Jen. At least you tried.

The talk around Anchorage this morning is an article in the local paper citing the coolest Anchorage temps on record was the year 1970 with only 16 days out of 365 above 65 degrees F.

This year so far, only 7 days above 65 degrees.....

Oh no... you let it out... by the logic that Algore and his minions use... Gobal Warming must be over now... time to stat worrying about the coming ice age again!!


what... me? a cynic?


Mark...

 

[Cruiserdrew]

P.S. I have 37x14.5 Toyos on Knuckles, it ain't Bald Boggers, but it could be fun. did somebody say 2010?

I love Ak, and get there every year. the one thing your can be assured of, is changeable and unpredictable weather. I love it there.

My FJ60 should be done with the spring over and build by 2009.

That's a long way of saying:

I'm in for 2010.

 

[chattfj40]

Well we're a little south of Chicago and should home by morning. Uneventful, but extremely BUMPY! More later

 

[TRchieD]

AK Trek 2008

I was pinching myself before I left and I'm still pinching myself. With only a week and a half to get my truck to Tennessee for the load out making three 40's on Roger's trailer...that's pretty short notice...I cannot find words to properly express the grandeur of this trip. Everyone was awesome, everything was beyond my most enthusiastic expectation, and God bless Mark Whatley and the Alaska Cruiser Crew for heading up this incredible trek. I will let my amateur photos say the rest:

I will post up more later.

 

[desertgirl66]

Such great photos! Grayling---yumm~~~

What a great adventure--totally in the present----

Keep those photos coming~

 

[TRchieD]

Ak trek 08

Here's a little show I made up for the friends and family at home:
A click on the adobe screen should open it then click on the full size button...enjoy!

 

[Kroll]

Great Pictures so far!
Kyle and I just rolled into Whitehorse, en route to Prince George following the stuart cassier highway.
One more repair job after visiting Whittier, my new starter decided to call it quits after one too many river crossings.

Keep the picture posting happening. I will need a few more days after I arrive home to sort through the pics.
Thanks to all who participated and made this trek so amazing.
Caoi
karol

 

[DSLTOY]

Todd and I arrived home this morning, 85 hours from Marks shop to Manchester,TN, which included
a three hour stop at a mall to get Todd's I phone replaced.
This was a fantastic event, a big thanks Mark and crew

 

[Trollhole]

Very cool. Very jealous.

 

[JACOBYWESTERN]

To our Cruiser Trek travelers, I'm glad we were able to all get together for dinner last Saturday after the Trek. Sorry my departure was abrupt - I guess I suck at goodbyes! :whoops:

I hope the many, many thousands of dollars (or loonies) you spent on your adventure was worth it. It's just as neat that our little local club gets to make new cruiser buddies from all over the continent as it is that you get to go on a cruiser expedition. Thanks to you all.

Oh and thanks to Mark and Kevin and their 40s on 40s for dragging around fuel trailers all week.

Now if it'll stop raining outside, I'd like to leave doors and windows open on the 80 so the carpet will dry out!


-Darrell

 

[TRchieD]

Alaska '08 pics

Here's the whole enchilada...

Picasa Web Albums - Archie - TREK '08

 

[riverguide]

awesome