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Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11253 Location: The Rubbish Bin

Very nice, Dan. :2thumbs: I've always wanted to do a timelapse video on the road.

Cirrus2000 · Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 1027 Location: Vancouver, BC

Very cool video!

Looks like you were kind of taking your time - were you doing, like, touristy/photo things? Just curious, because (for example) you had defrosting in Lake Louise, then again (it appeared) in Jasper. Now if I recall correctly - not at all a sure thing, as I approach my mid-40s - they're only about 3-4 hours apart...

Have fun up there!

denaliguide · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 522 Location: new zealand/alaska

that's a great drive. i love the stretch from chetwynd to the alcan. the peace river valley is some of the most beautiful bit of country i have seen.

9 days? you must have been driving like a tourist. :haha: i did that drive once from fairbanks to L.A in 3 1/2 days. solo, 20 hours at a time. hitch hiked it in 84 on the way to climb denali in 8 days.

did you stop at liard hot springs. thats a great place to get the kinks out of your bones.

how much wildlife did you see?

great vid of a marathon drive.

accadacca · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 7035 Location: The Interwebs

EPIC I SAY!!! :hail2thechief:

Post it up on www.revver.com if you get a chance. Much higher quality and even at fullscreen. :nod:

CarpeyBiggs · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1722 Location: Fairbanks, AK

denaliguide wrote: 9 days? you must have been driving like a tourist. :haha: i did that drive once from fairbanks to L.A in 3 1/2 days. solo, 20 hours at a time. hitch hiked it in 84 on the way to climb denali in 8 days.

did you stop at liard hot springs. thats a great place to get the kinks out of your bones.

how much wildlife did you see?

great vid of a marathon drive.

Yeah, definitely drove like a tourist. I hadn't seen a lot of it before, so I just took it easy. Did some hikes in a the parks, lots of photography.

Wildlife - Moose and Bald Eagles, buffalo, red fox, mule deer, bighorn sheep, stone sheep, dall sheep, caribou, elk, wolves, coyote (even one taking down a bison calf), black bear, grizzly bear, etc... It was epic. I'll get pics up soon. Here is one of a coyote killing the bison calf.

And yeah, I definitely stopped at liard. Unbelievable hotsprings. It was awesome.

KapitanSparrow · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 388 Location: SLC, UT

Poor calf. So, did you just move up there because of a job?

DiscGo · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 3144 Location: Orem, Utah

Dan-

Joel and I were talking about how awesome this video is and we decided that if it weren't for us (Joel and I) the world would not have this awesome video that you have made, so you have made us feel like we have accomplished something for Alaska even though we both couldn't go this year, so thanks again for doing this.

The video makes me believe you are going to make the most of this summer which makes me feel a lot better about you quiting a good job to take it. I look forward to more of your updates.

CarpeyBiggs · Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 1722 Location: Fairbanks, AK

DiscGo wrote: The video makes me believe you are going to make the most of this summer which makes me feel a lot better about you quiting a good job to take it. I look forward to more of your updates.

No such thing as a "good" job, right? Just a means to an end... And in this case, a good excuse to see alot of Alaska, and make a few coins. Hopefully, I'll be making the haul from Denali to Valdez, or if I can really do some smoothtalkin', I want to make the Prudhoe Bay haul. It looks phookin' awesome. Did you ever drive anything out of Fairbanks?

DiscGo · Joined: 07 Nov 2006 Posts: 3144 Location: Orem, Utah

I worked RCT instead of Princess, so we go less places but everyone goes everywhere. An average week for us would be Seward to Anchorage, Anchorage to Talkeetna, Talkeetna to Denali, & Denali to Fairbanks (usually with a hold over day at either Denali or Talkeetna).

I wish I would have made it to Prudhoe during my time in AK, but sadly never did. I spent most of my time in AK in Southeast and just spent the one summer in SouthCentral.

Heads up, you can get comped on lots of excursions (helicopters, riverrafting, etc.) and although you may think you can do it later in the summer this is the least busy the companies will be because the early and late pax are usually the lower income pax (not always but there are lower fares), so try and do all the tours you can right away.

The river rafting tour in Denali is sweet, and there is an awesome flight seeing trip to the Article circle that you need to take at some point in the summer. If you get a chance to hike stampe road trail, you should. That hike is awesome!

I am sure you will figure this out quick, but on of the awesome things about Denali national park is there are no trails. You hop on a park bus and whereever you feel like hiking, you just ask the driver to get off and you go wherever you want. It is more than a national park it is also a habit preservations (which is why you can not bring your own vehicle in), anyway it is awesome!

Here is a thread where I posted some of my Stampede Trail pics:
http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8160&highlight=stampede

(I sadly did not reach the Chris McCandless Memorial bus)

Glockguy · Joined: 28 Jul 2005 Posts: 305

Very cool thanks for posting. I served my mission up there and was in Fort St John as well as Fort Nelson.v

JP · Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 3732 Location: Shelton, CT.

Keep the pics flowing Dan. Enjoying them, especially since I'm not part of snow right now :2thumbs: :lol8:

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 3837 Location: somewhere

pure brilliance, dan. :2thumbs: