Let the planning begin ...

After three years of gearing up to make the journey to Alaska from Florida, we can now officially say this trip is a GO for sure.   Life changes quickly and the last couple years taught us that you have to adapt to the changes and just go with the flow for plans to work out.

Even though we'll be doing some planning, this trip will be flexible enough that we probably won't make many reservations.  If we like a place we'll spend extra time there.  If we don't, we can hit the road early onto the next destination.

The Milepost publication has been ordered and maps obtained for the trip.  We already received the Churches Alaska guide as well as their Southwestern US guide.  Also books about California, Oregon and Washington are in the stack.   A few miscellaneous publications and guidebooks as well as apps for the iphone are also in the mix.  Probably much more information that we'll ever need but you never know.

The truck has been updated to a new GMC HD Sierra 4x4 with powerful Duramax Diesel engine.  Our last Sierra was gas and could have made the trip but the mountains would have been a workout for the truck.  The Duramax with it's larger fuel tank and exhaust brake will make the drive much easier.  Especially when we boondock and drive with heavy water tanks filled.

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