We've been planning this Alaska trip for over a year and we're doing it. Enough talk, let's walk! Well...we'll drive but you get the picture.
Taking our Class C to Alaska so we can get to some remote areas and drive on roads less traveled. We've taken our Big Rig before but this time will be different. We're going to Denali and Tek campground but also the Dalton highway and so much more.
We've actually started our trip out west and up to Alaska. We'll drive 2450 miles to Washington over 7 days with stops at Cracker Barrel, Walmart and some neat Harvest Hosts. A motorhome will be a different travel experience for us and we're excited to test our "systems" on Curiosity.
Our stops will be in Mount Vernon (IL), Cameron (MO), Gothenburg (NE), Casper (WY), GreyCliff (MT), Missoula (MT) and Ritzville (WA) before we stop for 3 nights at the Thousand Trails Resort in Leavenworth (WA). The stop in Gothenburg is at a Harvest Host farm and is one of only two cities in the world named Gothenburg. The other is in Sweden....our stop in Nebraska will be nice but not as glamorous as Sweden!
Daily fuel stops will be a different sort of travel duty for us but we enjoy Maveriks Adventure Stop because the rest rooms are nice, the fuel pumps are easy access and they have free dump for RV's. That's cool!
It will be fun and an adventure in a Class C plus, bigger than a vanlifer (Van Life) but smaller than a truck Super Class C. We'll scout out places for future visits to Alaska (there will be 4 of them).
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RV Camping
We like to Switch it Up between resorts and campgrounds.
Our journey is the destination. We want to share in our experiences in discovery of What's Next.
I get my music from:
Epidemicsound.com
Tracks:
Campfire Blues by Erik Fenholm
Globe Trekking by Philip Ayers
Amazon Shop (no extra charge to you)
A convenient way to see (or buy) the items you see in the video's which may help in your adventure.
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We use the TSD card for diesel fuel and save a bundle each time we fill up our Big Rig. We also use it to fill up our Onan generator.
The big blue boards (XL version) we use sometimes to get us "un-stuck" is from:
Gotreads.com
Our Class C is built by Thor Motorcoach on a Ford F550 chassis. It's a production build Magnitude model XG32. We tow our red Jeep Wrangler Sahara behind it. We've made some modifications to it so that we can boondock comfortably. Lithium batteries, Victron 3000w multi-plus inverter, dual alternators charge while traveling and mods to the water system greatly enhance it's boondocking capabilities.
Our extreme completely custom 5th wheel is built on a semi-trailer chassis with air suspension and air brakes. Completely loaded it weighs 42,000 lbs rolling down the highway. And we do roll down the highway nearly every week. You see, we believe that if your home has wheels they should be used.
Vehicles:
2016 Volvo VNL780 "Voyager"
2016 Smart fortwo "Pathfinder"
2019 SpaceCraft Custom built semi-trailer 5th wheel "Orion"
2023 Thor Magnitude XG32 Class C "Curiosity"
2017 Jeep Wrangler Sahara "Artemis"
Power system:
3250 watts of solar with Panasonic panels
30.1 KWH of Lithium batteries
2- 4K watt Magnum Inverters deliver power as if we are on shore power
2- 4K watt 240v Cotek Inverters deliver additional power for our LG Mini split HVAC and stove
Coachnet is our roadside assistance company we use but hopefully we don't use them too often. LOL
We are not sponsored by Whataburger but I do enjoy them anytime I can get my hands on one. They used to be just out of Texas but they have expanded.
28 авг 2024
