Looking at the route now in detail, things don't look so bad. The north of Canada is still experiencing snowfalls, but the temperatures are breaking above freezing most days. There are few roadworks reported on the Alaskan highway, though a section of "Rough & narrow and dusty sections will be encountered. Watch for fallen rocks on roadway." sounds less than perfect.
Today, we ran some errands, loaded the remaining belongings into the SUV, and took the whole lot out for a test-drive.
We both took turns: everything seemed to go fine. Then we went and filled up with gasoline. Well, $100-worth (the max allowed) didn't quite fill the tank!This being a small town, the adventure being undertaken even attracts the local press: we had photos taken this afternoon, and the story checked...
So, we're all ready for the off. At dawn tomorrow.
2 comments:
How did you manage $100 in gas? Unless your using a diesel (and it didn't look like that SUV was diesel) then you'd have to have around a 30 gallon tank, with the current Iowa average.
Or you got ripped off...
www.gasbuddy.com
Use that along your trip, save yourself some money.
Thanks Matt. Yep. We have a huge tank. And need it. That first stop was at my buddy's local fuel stop, and it's his SUV, so he knows what's what. Thanks for the link: I'll check it out if I can - but I think our fuel options get pretty limited from here on.
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