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Open Roads Forum  >  RVing in Canada and Alaska  > Alaskan trip This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next siberian • View posts Troll country SW Michigan Senior Member Joined: 02/19/2008 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/06/10 11:35am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Well were back home after a fantastic 2 weeks in Alaska. Chena hotsprings was great, everywhere else was great, but then there was Valdez, don't think we'll be making a return trip there. DW is already talking about a return trip especially to Chena, 156 degree water was fantastic! 02 F350 SRW,CC,4X4 Auto,7.3PSD 1997 30ft Wildwood 5er 2inAlabama • View posts Huntsville, AL Senior Member Joined: 01/08/2008 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/06/10 11:49am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Where is Chena? Why no return trip to Valdez? Just DH & DW '02 Allegro Phaeton, 300 hp Cummins, Freightliner RRUGG • View posts Newaygo, MI,USA Senior Member Joined: 08/08/2003 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/06/10 12:23pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator My DW says no more trips to Alaska. We've been there three times driving. Gonna try to talk her into a cruise from Seattle or Prince Rupert. Personally, I think an important part of the trip is the drive. Alas, woe is me. RRUGG 2009 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ 1500 4x4 5.3L 2011 Kodiak 281RLGS travel trailer 2011 Egg Camper 2010 Chrysler Town & Country Good Sam life members Bob & Grace professional retirees Camped in 49 states. Missing Hawaii. zigzagrv • View posts Nazareth, PA Senior Member Joined: 08/12/2004 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/06/10 01:25pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Chena is northeast, IIRC, of Fairbanks. X2, why not go back to Valdez? Ron 2003 Gulf Stream Ultra Supreme 33' F53 Class A '95 Tracker toad accsys • View posts Green Cove Springs, FL Senior Member Joined: 07/09/2006 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 09/06/10 02:58pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Valdez was one of our favorite stops. But then we were there in June not August. I would imagine it was much prettier with lots of snow on the mountains. John & Doris Doris and Robbies Blogs 2007 Tiffin Phaeton QDH 40 w/Cat 7 350 2004 Liberty Renegade 4x4 Toad Roadmaster Falcon 2 tow bar EvenBrake toad braking system FMCA F380583, PA, Good Sams jlawless • View posts Coldfoot, AK Senior Member Joined: 07/23/2007 View Profile Posted: 09/06/10 07:07pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I agree with the OP - we have never returned to Valdez after that first year - that is after 6 summers now and a winter. Chena Hot Springs road will always be one of our favorites since we volunteered at the State Rec Area our first year in Alaska. The moose would stick their head in our cabin window and we watched Lynx hunt beavers at the pond right outside our porch. Lots of boondock spots out there for those who like to rough it. As for the Hot Springs - that water is even nicer in February! Talk to the animals. They will talk back to you. If you don't talk to the animals, they won't talk back to you, and you will fear and when you fear animals you will destroy, and if you destroy the animals, you will destroy yourself. Chief Dan George sandstravels • View posts NorCal refugee in South Dakota Senior Member Joined: 06/01/2005 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 09/06/10 09:57pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Interesting. Valdez was our favorite setting. 2006 Chevy Silverado 3500 LT, 4x4, CC, D/A LBZ, LB, SRW, Line-X 2006 Ameri-Camp f320es 5'er w/3 slides and XPS Ribs! Reese Signature 18k hitch, Prodigy BC, Yamaha ef2800i, TrailAir Pin box hokeypokey • View posts xxx Senior Member Joined: 05/14/2009 View Profile Offline Posted: 09/07/10 07:19am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator sandstravels wrote: Interesting. Valdez was our favorite setting. Valdez rates high with us too. PA12DRVR • View posts Anchorage, AK Senior Member Joined: 09/17/2003 View Profile Posted: 09/07/10 07:30am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Hmmm....Chena is not Valdez, Valdez is not Chena, but Valdez has merits of its own. Would be curious why Valdez is not on the return trip. CRL Displaced Alaskan NO MORE! My RV is a 1946 PA-12 Deb and Ed M • View posts SW MI, USA Senior Member Joined: 06/07/2004 View Profile Posted: 09/07/10 09:43am Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I suspect it has to do with the weather when one visited?? When we were there, it was great weather and Valdez was glorious!!! We stayed at Bear Paw II on the Harbor - just loved every minute; plus were enchanted by the drive (Thompson Pass was the BEST scenery of the trip!) However, when we moved on to Seward, it was rainy, Seward was a mudhole; and we opted to stay a little more inland. Some day we'll go back and give Seward a second try :-) Here's Valdez at the end of August '06 This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 3   Next Open Roads Forum  >  RVing in Canada and Alaska  > Alaskan trip

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