The next grand adventure...

Jaber · **Joined:** Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:37 am **Posts:** 102

Very awesome! I always watch Alaska State Troopers show on TV and man is it a beautiful state! Best wishes to you and Aaron, I think it's time to make shirts that say "In Grumpy We Trust", in honor of Aaron's quest to you in the summer :pepper:

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

Very cool! Have a great time :SOMBRERO:

KJ Willy · **Posted:** Sun Jan 29, 2012 4:26 pm

Very cool Jayme, Travelling is awesome and getting out seeing the world can be very rewarding, I love the travel I get to do.

Hope all works out for you and that we get one meet and greet in when I get back and before you go.

kskj · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:42 am

Awesome Jayme. That does sound like a grand adventure.

ABQKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:12 am

Sounds like fun. Take lots of pictures.

KJ Willy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:00 pm

Looking to be Mid March, but trying to get to stick around till Mid April but not sure if it will happen.

TAHOE · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 3:14 pm

Jayme, I have friends who lived in Homer for a while. He grew up in that area, ( his nickname is 'Mo) then moved to N Ky for a bit. His wife and him moved back for 3 years to live with his mom, but due to no work for him, they ( including mom) moved back to Ky. I think his wife worked in Cantwell for a bit, I know she was 3 hours north of them and was on 3 month stints. She does biologist/ecology work, but not sure exactly what she was doing. If you want, I will get their emails and see if they will talk to you about it up there and give you some info on the areas.
Just shoot me PM

Be careful with those farm jobs. My sister went up there for 3 months to supposedly work on fishing boat, thought it would be a great adventure. She ended up in a cannery for 3 months 12-14 hours per day, was far from what she was told.

TAHOE · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:29 am

Cool, sounds good.
They had a big forest fire up there about 2 years ago, my friends had all the trucks packed tight, cars on the trailers ready to roll as the fire was less than a half mile from his mom's house. They were ready to book at a moments notice. Pretty scary for them, then the fire was gotten under control.
I'll ask them about Cantwell.

fratichelli · **Posted:** Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:53 pm

I worked one summer in Alaska years ago on a seine net salmon boat. I got picked for a boat in Seattle and drove the boat up to Alaska.
I don't know how much it has changed, but if you want to get on a salmon boat the best way is to go to a port town that has a cannery and hang out in a bar. If you don't mind working 48 hour days you can get picked up in any bar that is frequented by the crews. Some people can't hang, and since it is four to six people on a small boat, how you get along with the rest of the crew is just as important as how hard you work. Get to know the crews, and if you aren't too crazy you will get offered a position.

The cannery is a lot of hard work, and you work so many hours you can never get out of it. The boats are 48 hours on 48 hours off.

Good luck and have fun.

kskj · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:54 pm

Getting closer, are you nerve's yet, Or just exited?

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:39 pm

Do you have any idea how often you will keep us updated? If so, will you use this thread to check in and give updates?

jmichaelsjeep · **Posted:** Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:34 am

Sounds like fun! I have a friend who was just in Deadhorse and Anchorage over the last couple weeks doing some training for the Oil guys.

As others have said, take tons of pictures!

cgass · **Posted:** Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:06 pm

Have fun Jayme! I'll be there myself soon, spending the month of June in Denali.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:42 am

yellocoyote wrote:

Aaron fully intends to visit me over the summer... and will be driving Grumpy to Alaska - somehow I don't know if I'll ever see him again! :shock:

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I’m really jealous, very jealous……… I’ve been wanting to make a trip up through Canada and into Alaska for a long time. I even bought a DVD series on RVing Canada/Alaska.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:59 am

yellocoyote wrote:

Trust me, if it was feasible for me to drive there instead of fly, then I'd do it too. It's too expensive right now. That, and the amount of time that the KJ would have to just sit in Homer... I guess it's not worth it.

Maybe someday we can plan a LOST excursion across Canada and into Alaska. It would probably take us three weeks, but that would be fun. :JEEPIN:

kskj · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:19 pm

dieselenthusiast wrote:

yellocoyote wrote:

Trust me, if it was feasible for me to drive there instead of fly, then I'd do it too. It's too expensive right now. That, and the amount of time that the KJ would have to just sit in Homer... I guess it's not worth it.

Maybe someday we can plan a LOST excursion across Canada and into Alaska. It would probably take us three weeks, but that would be fun. :JEEPIN:

That's a great Idea :idea:

cgass · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:26 pm

kskj wrote:

dieselenthusiast wrote:

yellocoyote wrote:

Trust me, if it was feasible for me to drive there instead of fly, then I'd do it too. It's too expensive right now. That, and the amount of time that the KJ would have to just sit in Homer... I guess it's not worth it.

Maybe someday we can plan a LOST excursion across Canada and into Alaska. It would probably take us three weeks, but that would be fun. :JEEPIN:

That's a great Idea :idea:

I'm down for it, at least meeting you in Alaska.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:15 am

yellocoyote wrote:

I'd do it! :pepper:

Just not this trip.

Don’t worry yellocoyote, a trip of that magnitude would require a lot of planning, a lot of money, and a lot of commitment. With that being said, maybe we can have that discussion. Where on the forum would I post something like this to generate discussion and interest?

ihatemybike · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:45 pm

If thing go the way I hope they will, this is my route to AK.
Alaska Route

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:52 pm

ihatemybike wrote:

If thing go the way I hope they will, this is my route to AK.
Alaska Route

Nice! What time of year are you planning to make the trip and how long
do you think it will take you?

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