Alaska Trip - 1995

Gerry and I had planned on buying a motorhome and looked for the perfect one for almost 2 years.  We finally figured out the the perfect MH wasn't in our budget, but we did find one that we both liked.  It was a 30ft 1995 Fleetwood Flair with no slideouts and it seemed huge to us.  We picked it  up at a local dealer (who went out of business a year later) and took it home to see if it fit in our driveway.  It did, but was a little tricky parking it.

We took it out for a test run at a local state park and checked everything we could.  It all worked and we were very please with that.  Then we drove home, packed it up and went on a 90 day trip from Maryland to Alaska and back, driving a total of 15,016 miles.  
Why am I writing this you may wonder.  Well, I was reading a blog today and the bloggers were in Fairbanks, AK and looking for the North Pole visitors center.  Here it is in 1995.

 
They found out that the visitors center had moved across the street to the campground that used to be there.  We camped there for a few days while we visited all the sights in the area.  The blogger said the visitors center was in the office of the old campground and the campground was closed for good.  What a shame, since it was a great spot to stay while in the area.

Gerry was on the phone with one of the kids at the campground office in 1995.  I was using Compuserve as my internet provider in those days and we connected to the local Compuserve phone number to check our email  Compuserve is also out of business.  Can I pick winners?

Check out the following blog about their Alaska trip.  Ray & Cindys RV Travels

It was a very muddy trip along the ALCAN Highway and the stuff they put on the road to keep the dust down really cakes up and clings to everything when it got wet.  We had mud about 6-8 thick on the undercarriage and must have added a couple hundred pounds to the unit.  

There are a number of blogs about traveling to Alaska and it's sort of a pilgrimage for RVers to make the trip at least once in their lifetime.  We thoroughly enjoyed the trip, but if you don't like to drive a lot, then I wouldn't advise starting on the adventure.  

We had a quiet, but rainy day around here.  It was time for Grant to spend the night with us.  We drove to Larry Jr. & Jane's to pick him up, but before leaving we had some great homemade pizza prepared by Larry Jr. Then we brought Grant back to the MH with us.  He is zonked out on the couch and we are finally getting ready for bed.

That was our day then and now.  How was yours?