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    Posted: 12 Apr 2014 at 7:31pm
We hope to in the next few years. Some people we know did it by taking the big Ferry boat out of Washington up to alaska then toured arouind in their camper and took the ferry back down to the states. Saves some serious driving and Canadian (sorry) gas prices.
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Posts: 55 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Apr 2014 at 7:48pm
We are looking to see if anyone has taken the total road route using the R Pod. We drove the major highways, but want to make sure the R Pod can take the distance and the road conditions. We didn't do any ferries with our truck camper in 2012; all highway.
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A year and a half ago we took our rPod 182G (Hood River Edition) up the AlCan highway from Sequim, WA to Homer, AK.  The route going up was Sumas, Cache Creek, Prince George, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Watson Lake, Whitehorse, Haines Junction, Tok, Anchorage, Homer.  Coming back we took the Top of the World highway and the Cassiar highway.  The route was Tok, Dawson City, Stewart Crossing, Carmacks, Whitehorse, Teslin, Cassiar, Dease Lake, Stewart/Hyder, Smithers, Burns Lake, Prince George, Cache Creek, Sumas.  We thought the short side trip out to Stewart was well worth it for the spectacular glacier viewing. The seven week trip was everything we could have hoped for and the rPod was the perfect size for such a journey (2 people).  By planning to be off the road by 3:00 PM, we generally did not have any trouble finding a campsite every night.  The roads are all paved except where road maintenance was required because of winter water drainage washouts, etc.  Some sections where rough/heaving asphalt but with slower speed it was passable.  Carried extra emergency gas cans for the F150 truck but never had to use it as gas was plentiful (but very expensive).  It really was the trip of a lifetime.



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Posts: 55 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 Apr 2014 at 6:46pm
THANK YOU! That's exactly what we wanted to hear. We took a similar route the summer of 2012 when we drove up from Montana over to Dawson Creek and then up. We were in Fairbanks and then down to Anchorage and Valdez and then down the Cassair and over to Banff and Jasper and then down through Montana and eastward toward Michigan. We used a Truck Camper and it was great. We traded the truck camper for the RPod 178 and wanted to make sure the Pod could handle the roads. Your reply gives us more peace of mind and confidence that she can handle it. We are going out for our first trip in the pod in a couple of weeks and then will be leaving for Alaska the first of June. Thank you!!!
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We are planning to leave Central Fl June 8 for Fairbanks, Alaska; leaving R-Pod there then drive the Dalton hwy to Deadhorse. Just got our 2012 R-Pod 175 and will be driving a 2007 Toyota Tundra with almost 100,000 miles. Are we nuts? Any tips?
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Posts: 9059 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 May 2014 at 10:41am
Welcome.
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Posts: 4508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 May 2014 at 11:20am
We hope to make the Alaska trip in a couple years. It sounds like and amazing trip!!
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Posts: 55 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 4:12pm
We just returned from a 2 month driving trip to Alaska and the Pod did a wonderful job. We did put axel risers on our 2014 178 and 15" tires and we are so glad we did. We went from Michigan through the UP to Seattle, up by Cache Creek, Prince George and Dawson Creek, then on the Alaska Highway up to Fairbanks, where we stayed for several days visiting our USAF son stationed at Eielson AFB. Then we went to Denali, Anchorage, Kenai, Seward, Homer and Valdez, where we enjoyed a great visit with family and a not-so-dark 4th of July fireworks display. We returned home via Edmonton and down through to Great Falls, MT as we had to dodge forest fires all the way home. Across Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, around the bottom of Chicago area and home. Great trip! This was our second one and lots of construction on the way home and we saw several pods. Anyone planning on going I recommend the Mike and Terri Church book - Travelers Guide to Alaskan Camping. We have the 6th edition and it was a great resource for campgrounds. If anyone is planning on going let me know and I can mail you our copy as we won't be driving again - 2 trips is enough! But the Pod did wonderful and handled the terrible rough roads from Burwash Yukon to the Alaskan state line and all the construction down through the Yukon and British Columbia. She got dirty but she hung in there!Parks_Highway_5.JPGAlaska_Range_and_Pod.JPG
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Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 4:30pm
@ ANGCHIEF => Wow!

Would love to see more pics. The Parks Highway shot is spectacular.

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Posts: 4508 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 4:32pm
Sounds like a great trip!!
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