wibornz
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We tried to get to Alaska with the Jeep in 2022, had to turn around when we were in Canada north of the Washington border. Then planned to go in 2023 and had to head home for our son that needed surgery. This year family delayed our travel again for the third year in a row and caused us to return home in January. Family issues have been addressed and we are ready to roll. Fingers crossed..........
So tomorrow, we leave for Alaska from Michigan. Tuesday morning May 7th. We will head north through the UP of Michigan then west crossing in to Canada at the Roosville border crossing on the west side of Glacier Nation Park area. Then head to Alaska through Canada. Once in Alaska, I have over five hundred points of interest on the map that we will try to visit while in Alaska. I have no illusion that I will not see all the points of interest. They are just there so we can make decisions as we go. We will be over to Homer on the west side of the Alaskan Bay, then as far north as Prudhoe Bay, Maybe even take a flight over to the most North Western Spot in The US. Depending on the cost, before we head back to the lower 48.
Here.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xb9qUS695svhMSyGA?g_st=ic
Our basic route looks like this at approx 12,000 miles before we do any extra driving to trails, or other points of interest.
We will come back in through Washington and head to the Dusty Ershim trail in California, then possible over to Moab, Colorado and Missouri before heading home in Mid to late August. We can be gone as long last September 17th, before we have to be home. This route will get us the remaining BOH trails west of the Mississippi River. There will only be five badge trail left for us to get east of the Mississippi River.
This is our map for Alaska with the points of interested pinned on the map.
We will be traveling in our 2019 JLUR pulling a E-Pro 15TB camper. I have set the camper up to boondock camp. I have installed a compost potty, a 200 ah lithium battery, up to 400 watts of solar, and a DC to DC charger so if I choose to, the Jeep will charge the camper battery up to 30 amps while driving. I have the standard 1000 watt inverter/charger and an additional 2000 watt inverter for power in the camper. Basically so we can use the microwave/convection oven off the battery. We tend to cook nice meals and have leftovers at times.
So far, the 200 watts of solar has easily been able to keep up with the power usage in the camper, and I have an addition 200 watts from portable solar panels if needed. There is a 10 inch dual memory foam queen bed inside that we can leave set up and I added a Lagoon Table. Then had custom seat cushions built for the seats to be more comfortable. We have already pulled this camper approximately 4000 miles this year.
We have cold weather camped in it. The camper has heat, and heated tanks so we should be fine in Alaska too.
Pic from earlier when we picked up the camper.
I put new tires on the Jeep, anther set of Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT 37x12.5r17. The Jeep is geared to 5.13 and has a semi float 60 in the back. I done a bunch of maintenance prior to our departure. Fluid changes, torquing bolts, cleaning and what not. I still have one issue to address today. My front American Adventure Labs passenger LED turn signal is not working. If I shake the wiring it will come back on, so I have a loose connection behind the inner fender. Should be an easy fix this afternoon.
Just a few more things to added to the camper and we are ready to go.
This year, we do have a friend staying at our house while we are gone. He has recently moved out of his girlfriend's house and will keep our lawn and house maintained while we are gone and that will also give him time to find a house to buy. Plus kick us money while we travel for using the house..... sweet.
As I finished up the inverter install yesterday, the coolest neighbor kids stopped over. Age five and seven and gave Carla and me custom Jeep hats that they made for us.
Let the adventure begin. I do have a couple from California that plan to travel with us for a bit. There are a couple JLWranglerforms members that I plan to see along my journey and there is about 15 or so people in Alaska that want to take me wheeling all over Alaska. Pics and video will be coming.
So tomorrow, we leave for Alaska from Michigan. Tuesday morning May 7th. We will head north through the UP of Michigan then west crossing in to Canada at the Roosville border crossing on the west side of Glacier Nation Park area. Then head to Alaska through Canada. Once in Alaska, I have over five hundred points of interest on the map that we will try to visit while in Alaska. I have no illusion that I will not see all the points of interest. They are just there so we can make decisions as we go. We will be over to Homer on the west side of the Alaskan Bay, then as far north as Prudhoe Bay, Maybe even take a flight over to the most North Western Spot in The US. Depending on the cost, before we head back to the lower 48.
Here.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Xb9qUS695svhMSyGA?g_st=ic
Our basic route looks like this at approx 12,000 miles before we do any extra driving to trails, or other points of interest.
We will come back in through Washington and head to the Dusty Ershim trail in California, then possible over to Moab, Colorado and Missouri before heading home in Mid to late August. We can be gone as long last September 17th, before we have to be home. This route will get us the remaining BOH trails west of the Mississippi River. There will only be five badge trail left for us to get east of the Mississippi River.
This is our map for Alaska with the points of interested pinned on the map.
We will be traveling in our 2019 JLUR pulling a E-Pro 15TB camper. I have set the camper up to boondock camp. I have installed a compost potty, a 200 ah lithium battery, up to 400 watts of solar, and a DC to DC charger so if I choose to, the Jeep will charge the camper battery up to 30 amps while driving. I have the standard 1000 watt inverter/charger and an additional 2000 watt inverter for power in the camper. Basically so we can use the microwave/convection oven off the battery. We tend to cook nice meals and have leftovers at times.
So far, the 200 watts of solar has easily been able to keep up with the power usage in the camper, and I have an addition 200 watts from portable solar panels if needed. There is a 10 inch dual memory foam queen bed inside that we can leave set up and I added a Lagoon Table. Then had custom seat cushions built for the seats to be more comfortable. We have already pulled this camper approximately 4000 miles this year.
We have cold weather camped in it. The camper has heat, and heated tanks so we should be fine in Alaska too.
Pic from earlier when we picked up the camper.
I put new tires on the Jeep, anther set of Mickey Thompson Baja Boss AT 37x12.5r17. The Jeep is geared to 5.13 and has a semi float 60 in the back. I done a bunch of maintenance prior to our departure. Fluid changes, torquing bolts, cleaning and what not. I still have one issue to address today. My front American Adventure Labs passenger LED turn signal is not working. If I shake the wiring it will come back on, so I have a loose connection behind the inner fender. Should be an easy fix this afternoon.
Just a few more things to added to the camper and we are ready to go.
This year, we do have a friend staying at our house while we are gone. He has recently moved out of his girlfriend's house and will keep our lawn and house maintained while we are gone and that will also give him time to find a house to buy. Plus kick us money while we travel for using the house..... sweet.
As I finished up the inverter install yesterday, the coolest neighbor kids stopped over. Age five and seven and gave Carla and me custom Jeep hats that they made for us.
Let the adventure begin. I do have a couple from California that plan to travel with us for a bit. There are a couple JLWranglerforms members that I plan to see along my journey and there is about 15 or so people in Alaska that want to take me wheeling all over Alaska. Pics and video will be coming.
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