Alaska Trip

[snowfighter]

To those who have did the trip, I have a question. If time is not a factor. Which would be the better way to do the trip. Pull a 28ft fifth wheel camper or travel and stay in motels. Some of my thoughts, more fuel pulling camper, restricted for site seening places with camper/pickup lenght, expense staying in motels.

[redhooks]

Hey snowfighter, I haven't done the RV thing but worked in AK for 2 summers and have made several annual trips back up to paradise. I like to sleep on friend's couches and camp on various river banks and eat cheap food like P&J sammies to save $ for beer and charter boats. I'd take the RV if your into fishing because it's all a matter of timing up there, some rivers may have a hot run going on and others may be dead depending on various factors. There are lots of places to park an RV for a night a week or even a month. RV's are mobil and you can stay along a beautiful river or lake and be fishin a good bite at prime time versus hasseling with hotel reservations and driving to your fishing hole from the nearest town. Everything up there is expensive, especially hotels and dining. You'll save $$ by bringing lots of your own fishing gear such as rods/float tubes and waders, and your own cooking gear(BBQ grill) instead of eating out all the time and you can bring processing equipment such as vaccuum sealers/smokers/freezer and canning equipment to save your catch. That's my .02

redhooks

[traveler]

I totally agree with RH. As long as you have the time, I'd SO much sooner have the RV. The processing thing is huge, as is the flexibility of being able to move with the fish (or with your whims). Not having to have a prearranged schedule (which you pretty much have to with motels) is ideal. have a great trip!

[Wanderer]

Snowfighter,

5th wheel? Set ground in a good spot and have a vehicle to detatch and go where you want for the day? All the way man!

For all the reason stated, I would have loved to have that setup on any of the 4 trips I was there for. Well except for the flyout fish and hunt trips where there are no roads.

If you want to hotel it, I practiced loose reservations on my time in the road areas. By this I mean that I reserved one place for every other day I was there at a location I figured I would eventually get to. This way I was a little less tied to a schedule. I was fortunate enough to find a place to crash every night but one. You can't be picky though.

Enjoy, you'll love it!

[snowfighter]

Sounds good that the kind of feed back I was looking for.I was leaning toward 5th wheel and what you all have said makes good sence. Being retired every day is saturday so no hurry. Thanks all!

[sjburnt]

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