Expedition Modded Jeeps - Let's see 'em!!
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Originally Posted by AK4Dave
It's funny you would say that as we were talking about that awhile back. Is there any place in the lower 48 where you can go and not hit a road or fence within....what 50-75 miles? Or are there some places left that you can go over 100? Just curious.
April is a good starting time as the bugs still aren't that bad, and you can start feeling some actual heat from the sun.....lol. If you want to fish though, June/July is peak season. If I was you I would also really think about spending some quality time on the AlCan as well. I mentioned here awhile back that on one of my trips up the AlCan, I ran into a couple guys that were each driving modified volkswagons.....kind of a somewhat tamed down baja buggies. The told me they were taking the whole summer and driving the AlCan super slow, so they could find every side trail and take off on it. They said some would only go a couple hundred yards, but other would go for miles. With the isolation of the AlCan some trails are barely recognizable from overgrowth, so you had to go slow to even see them. They found some amazing places that weren't on any maps or mileposts. They looked to be having a blast.
JK Jedi
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It's my understanding that she didn't really want to be there with him in the first place. Have you heard any more on Charlie Vandergaw? He was doing the same thing as Treadwell was. Vandergaw had a cabin some where outside of Anchorage. Last I heard the state had closed him down. I really like your 240's. I guess that will be my next purchase.
Oh....btw, found this last weekend a couple miles from the house. They're not all denned up yet. Sorry about the lousy camera phone quality.
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I guess it depends on your definition of road. You can absolutely drive 100 miles on dirt in Nevada without hitting a paved road. It might be hard to do it without hitting a dirt road, but there is no question you can get far away from civilization (maybe not by Alaskan standards though). I've only been to Alaska once...I hope to get back soon and take my kids. I spent a week fishing on the Kenai...beautiful is simply not a word sufficient to describe Alaska. I can only imagine what those of you who live there get to see when you hit the backcountry.
Yes, that's what I mean....if a person was to take off on foot in any direction, would he come upon a road within that distance...paved or not. Interesting enough, NV was the one place that I was thinking it may be possible. Growing up in Tahoe, I spent some time in the desert around Carson City and Reno. Do the wild Mustangs still roam freely out there?
Indeed, I'm glad I was able to see the Alaska I have seen in my almost 30 years up here. And altho I jumped around from float plane to float plane, in the vastarea west of the Alaska Range, I've really only seen a pretty small part of the state. And as you said, Alaska is beyond description.
Sorry about the hijack. I guess if we want to continue on we probably should take it to the AK BS thread....
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Originally Posted by AK4Dave
Growing up in Tahoe, I spent some time in the desert around Carson City and Reno. Do the wild Mustangs still roam freely out there?
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Thanks for the info on Alaska. I'm thinking we're going to take a month for this trip--if I can convince my friend to stay away from his home/wife that long. We plan to return on the ferry (he lives north of Seattle), so won't spend a lot of time doing that. And we plan to at least reach the Arctic Circle--and maybe Deadhorse.
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AGREE! My favorite thread as well. The only problem is the jealousy I start to feel because my jeep isn't as built as many of these. Oh well...soon enough... 
There are many rock-crawler modded JKs on here, which is understandable but who's modding their's for expedition type travel and long haul trips?
This is my favorite thread of all time. not just on this forum, but in the whole world. i thank you sir for starting it. U dA MaN
This is my favorite thread of all time. not just on this forum, but in the whole world. i thank you sir for starting it. U dA MaN
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