239 Days on the Road
31,100 Miles Total
2002 Ford F250 – 22,000 miles (now has 314,0005 miles)
2006 Jeep Wrangler – 9,100 miles (now has 104,197 miles)
(24) States and (4) Canadian Provinces – # of nights
Michigan-8
Wisconsin-0
Minnesota-1
North Dakota-0
Montana-6
Alaska-59
Washington-26
Oregon-17
California-26
Nevada-23
Arizona-13
New Mexico-4
Texas-9
Louisiana-2
Mississippi-2
Alabama-0
Florida-9
Georgia-0
South Carolina-4
North Carolina-1
Tennessee-1
Kentucky-0
Ohio-0
Indiana-1
Alberta-5
British Columbia-9
Yukon-9
Northwest Territories-3
Camping/Lodging
175 nights free
64 nights paid
Total spent for camping/lodging=$1,193.05
Nights not spent in our camper – Craig (6) Shauna (10)
(3) nights spent on an air mattress in the trailer
(1) night in a hotel
(2) nights in our friends’s guest bedroom in Nevada
(4) nights at my mom’s house when I flew home for a visit
Vehicle Repairs
(2) Truck Tires
(3) Trailer Tires
(2) U-joints
(2) wheel bearings
(1) alternator
(8) lug studs
(1) very large tow bill
(1) fan clutch for the Jeep
(1) radiator for the Jeep
73 Breweries
Top Favorites:
49th State Brewing Company-Healy, AK
Matanuska Brewing-Palmer, AK
Crux Fermentation Project-Bend, OR
Russian River Brewing Company-Santa Rosa, CA
Cloudcroft Brewing-Cloudcroft, NM
Chafunkta Brewing Company-Mandeville, LA
Mash Monkey Brewing Company-Sebastian, FL
Favorite new beer- King Street IPA from King Street Brewing in Anchorage, AK
12 National Parks
Glacier-Montana
Banff-Alberta
Jasper-Alberta
Gates of the Arctic-Alaska
Denali-Alaska
Wrangell-St. Elias-Alaska
Mount Rainier-Washington
Olympic-Washington
Joshua Tree-California
Yosemite-California
Carlsbad Caverns-New Mexico
Big Bend-Texas
Favorite place: Alaska
Favorite Experience: Driving the Dempster Highway to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT and camping on the Arctic Ocean during Summer Solstice and Aboriginal Day.
It was an amazing 239 days on the road together!
Stay tuned…we’re not done.
A wonderful review