IN PROGRESS:Heading North

[teebes]

Hello All!

Wanted to drop by before I depart on my upcoming adventure. As of tomorrow I should be officially Alaska Bound. While Summer is quickly fading on the Northern Slope, I'm determined as hell to have an amazing time exploring and taking my time through the region. I don't know how often I'll be posting, but I'll be uploading as many pics/vids as I can via my site of this one. I hope they'll be worthy

Anyway, back to packing...

Adios Amigos!

P.S > Any camping recommendations near the coast (California, Oregon, Washington, BC) - please post up

[06MidnightBlue]

Have fun dude!!

A few places I like to camp in California are:

Indian Valley Reservoir - just outside of Lake County ( PLENTY of wheeling fun to be had there)

Shasta - anywhere around the lake is gorgeous.

Eagle Lake - about an hour past Auburn

[Karo]

Good Luck teebes!
Post your pictures as often as you can, can't wait to see your adventure!
KaRo

[NC_IslandRunner]

Good luck man! Have fun and post some pics when you can, Would love to see some of Alaska.

[HARDTRAILZ]

Enjoy. Glad to hear you are still alive and exploring.

[AceOfSprings]

Northern BC is the most beautiful place you will ever see. Make sure to gas up when you can though and have fun.

Sent from my mind

[The Roadie]

See ya later! Good news about autumn freezes in Alaska is it kills off the weak mosquitos, I've heard. The ones smaller than hummingbirds.

Problem is some are larger, and own electric blankets.

[Cable810]

Keep us updated on your trip!!

[Trail X]

Glad to hear you're heading off Greg!

I haven't explored much of the area, but if you're heading up the 101 in WA, it should pass some great camping spots. The area around La Push is pretty incredible. I wish I could have camped out there. Olympic National Park could also offer some great spots. If I recall, there's an area along the west side known as basically being a rainforest too. Might be a neat place to check out. You can take a ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria. Makes for a fun border crossing.

Good luck! Post as often as you can, we're all jealous!

[Gordinho80]

Jealous! Enjoy the trip! Take LOTS of pics!

[The Roadie]

Assume you researched the regs for taking dogs into Canada.

[teebes]

Thanks all, looking forward to sharing some memories along the way. Truck is running great, so smooth with the new header. Should've replaced that thing last year

Plans are slowly forming, targeting to depart Prince Rupert, BC, via ferry to Haines. Luckily, this late in the season they still have availability North bound (South bound for vehicles is essentially booked for the 'Summer'). Fingers crossed I get a reservation when I call tomorrow, the water views and various port stops should be fun.

Canada? Border crossings? Don't get me started. Spent a pretty penny getting him legit along with his 'papers' signed off. I'm more annoyed at their gun restrictions. I'm heading to bear country with spray only, both of my firearms are considered 'prohibited' Kicking myself for not realizing this sooner, would've waited the ten days for a shotgun or something.

Hmm, I do an axe on the trailer, ha...

[fishsticks]

Camping on the Oregon Coast @ Sand Lake.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsint ... ion%20Area


What is "legal" up there? I may be able to meet you and loan you something if you're concerned.


Edit: PM Sent. I have something for you if you want.

[Nakashige]

I had a friend just do a month and a half in a 4 door jk through alaska and canada he took amazing photos

[The Roadie]

You can walk into any Walmart in Oregon and pick up a shotgun in no time. I think.

[NC_IslandRunner]

That's how it is here but I guess some states may be stricter on gun sales.

[Trail X]

You can walk into any Walmart in Oregon and pick up a shotgun in no time. I think.

Wouldn't they still require you follow CA law? I'm not sure how that works.

[fishsticks]

I think he needs an in state ID to walk out with it that day. It's been awhile since I've purchased something that wasn't a private sale.

Besides, everyone knows you buy guns from Bi-Mart in the NW.

[navigator]

the Walmart here wouldn't sell me a gun because my address on my DL was different than my mailing address (we had just moved).

[teebes]

You can walk into any Walmart in Oregon and pick up a shotgun in no time. I think.

Wouldn't they still require you follow CA law? I'm not sure how that works.

Exactly. So once in Alaska they would have to follow CA law where I'm a resident. Too much overhead for them considering how many states have different bastardized systems in place - essentially shops will not go through the trouble (or they require to transfer to a FFL in your home state, which kinda defeats the purpose).

Argh...