Alaska trip thread - Here goes!

[jgordon]

I'm leaving tomorrow on the trip. Figured I'd start another thread that can be updated real-time.

The truck is:
- Tinted
- Locked
- Winched
- Radar Detected
- CB'd
- Garmin'd
- Tuned from here to hell
- Full of all of my crap

Plan is still to leave Charlotte NC on Monday morning. DanKunz had mentioned Tellico, but I think they're closed through March? If not that, I'm planning on making it to Natchez Trace state park to camp for the first night. After that I'm relatively open - planning on being in Durango CO to meet up with Trapper50Cal and the local crew by the weekend.

Anyone between TN and CO want to meet up?

Longer term schedule is below:
March 12 - leave NYC, hit DC, night in DC
March 13-15 - in Charlotte, NC

March 16-18/19 - drive west (anyone want to hang between NC and CO?)

March 19-22/23 - in southern Colorado/Utah/AZ/NM - definitely looking to do some CO wheeling, some desert wheeling etc.

March 23-27 - Either hanging with Hedonist, Alaska60 and some Utah guys or heading to Northern CO close to KraziKraker and Rover67 for some snowboarding - thoughts? WIll be back in UT for Cruise Moab

March 27-30 - in SF with a good friend

March 30-April 4 - in SF/ Napa with the woman

April 4/5 - put the woman on a plane and hang with NocalFJ60, NorCalBorn, Clongacre, and the Norcal/SF guys

April 6/7 - up through Oregon and Washington, hang with High Desert, DirtGypsy, and the Pac Northwest guys

April 8/9/10 - up through BC, Canada and into Alaska - bang around Alaska for a few weeks, meet up with SawyerC, AKCruiserFreak,

On the way to Cruise Moab, I'm going to try to go inland and hit the Edmonton Crew with RockDoc, and Acer and the Idaho guys

April ~29 - Cruise Moab

May - slow drive back to NYC, Kansas City with MWalls, plains, rockies, Montana (i think the most beautiful place in the US)

Etc. I'll update this thread with locations and plans, so if you want to meet up or join a meet, let me or one of the guys know, or just post up on here.

Again, thanks so much to all of you for the advice, help, and offers. Can't wait to wheel the country, meet some cruiserheads, and see what kind of Shenanigans we can get into.

Jared (nine one seven three two seven five thousand two)

 

[acer]

Jgordon,
Sounds like an awesome trip, obviously already in progress! You are more than welcome here, and by then we may be able to get out on some great FS roads up in the high country. Keep notes posted on progress erc.

Best
-jesse-

 

[jvazquez53]

Good luck!! I wish I could do the Alaska trip again. Did it 10 years ago. Lived there for 7 years. Post pictures please!!!!!

 

[Trapper50cal]

Safe Travels! See yah when you get here...Rallying the troops now, and Moab will be a gas!

 

[alaska60]

Im waiting for you here in Utah. Some snowmobiling in the wasatch mountains perhaps? Also hook up at Moab before I head to Alaska. See you soon, safe travels.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Have a good trip! If you're driving through central KY on your trip, hit me up! I'm in Lexington.

 

[D'Animal]

If you enter California from the southern route, stop in and say HI.

 

[Trapper50cal]

Have a good trip! If you're driving through central KY on your trip, hit me up! I'm in Lexington.

Ahh man, I always pictured you in Schenectady, man thats a fun word to say...

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Ahh man, I always pictured you in Schenectady, man thats a fun word to say...

I'm only in Lexington for a co-op. Home is still good old Schenectady. I'm impressed, you even spelled it right!

We always tell people that it sounds like Skin-neck-titty

 

[Trapper50cal]

jg? see what you're in for? You sure you're up to hangin' with all us hooligans?

GLTH, I had to edit twice to get it right...

 

[High Desert]

See ya in April..Bring that snowboard.

HD

 

[FJ60Cam]

Holler if/when you swing through Memphis!

 

[Dirtgypsy]

bring your grubbies we will be doing some work that week!

Clint

 

[RockDoc]

Cool, give me a shout when you have a good idea of when you are coming back down through Alberta, and we'll get something together (pub night, wheeling, place to crash, shower and wrench, whatever). PMing you my contact info.

 

[AKcruiserfreak]

Sounds like the adventure of a lifetime! Let me know when you up in my area. My wife is due April 6th, so I probably won't be able to wheel, but I can show off the fleet, and you are more than welcome to shower up or wrench on your rig if need be.

Also, you can PM coldtaco. He is also in North Pole and is working on a sweet diesel 70 sereis. I'll hook you up when you get here.

TK

 

[mwalls54]

Looks like I will see ya at cruise Moab along with a few of you hooligans.
Oh what trails have you all picked out?

PMing you my info.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

jg? see what you're in for? You sure you're up to hangin' with all us hooligans?

GLTH, I had to edit twice to get it right...

HAHA, true true, we are all hooligans.

Trapper, at least you got it right, even if you corrected it!

 

[fowldarr]

Sweet trip, very jealous, I'm in Pocatello, Idaho, so if you need somewhere between Boise, and SLC, give me a shout, my cruiser is still down, but happy to show you around, shower, place to sleep, dinner, whatever.

 

[boombapslappy]

On a trip like this you need to collect as many stickers as possible. Hit me up before you leave Charlotte and I'll make sure you have a Upstate Cruisers sticker.

Safe journey! Hope to hear from you.

 

[NorCalBorn]

March 30-April 4 - in SF/ Napa with the woman

April 4/5 - put the woman on a plane and hang with NocalFJ60, NorCalBorn, Clongacre, and the Norcal/SF guys

Jared (nine one seven three two seven five thousand two)

Penned in on the calendar!

My wife's offering to help your lady go shopping at Stonestown Galleria or Downtown and put you into debt if she likes..

*I also took down your number, I'll touch base w/ you this w/e to give you mine.
What's the plan here? Hold a Meet-Greet over in the Presidio so I can do a photoshoot then we all head over to Speisekammer Restaurant for eats?

*I need to know as soon as possible in advance, as I'm pretty sure I can secure an area of the old Presidio Commissary/PX (Now a Sports Basement Store ran by a good group of people) to use for a parking/staging/hangout area, and maybe even see if they want to let folks do a little "BuyParty" (shopping for gear).

Sound like a plan??
Hmmm, stickers, I wonder what/if I could possibly come up with...