I'd love to make it up to Alaska. I do most of my trips with a core group of friends that I've been traveling with for the last ten years or so. It's tough to coordinate schedules so we usually end up doing about 7 days together in the late spring. Given the distance involved with a Yukon trip, it just hasn't been feasible to get up there. We're thinking about a Baja trip but I would have to ship my truck to L.A. from Kansas because it just takes too long to get down there at 55 MPH.
Africa is a dream. I would have loved to have driven down the west coast before Mauritania got so dangerous. I once read a book called "My Mercedes is (not) For Sale" that got me hooked on the area. Suwame Magazine is a place that I want to see before I die.
> Given the distance involved with a Yukon trip, it just hasn't been feasible to get up there.
Get on the Alaska Marine Line ferry from Bellingham Washington up to Haines or Skagway, AK. In the off season it's cheaper and faster than driving, and you'll see tons of stuff you want to see - whales, eagles, glaciers, icebergs, etc. etc.
> I would have loved to have driven down the west coast before Mauritania got so dangerous.
Don't believe the hype. I personally met hundreds of people that drove it, and dozens that have driven it every year for 10+ years, and not a single person has ever had problems. Not even once. There are a lot of roadblocks where they check your paperwork - they're keeping everyone safe!
> My Mercedes is (not) For Sale
I read the same book to help build my stoke, loved it too!
Africa is a dream. I would have loved to have driven down the west coast before Mauritania got so dangerous. I once read a book called "My Mercedes is (not) For Sale" that got me hooked on the area. Suwame Magazine is a place that I want to see before I die.