AKdude on October 24th, 2008

Hi all,
Just wanted to let you that I finally made it back home to Valdez, Alaska. Driving 3300 miles from Minnesota is a LOOONNGG drive. Ran into a little snow in North Dakota and Montana, but otherwise the weather was good until Northern British Columbia. From there on in, we ran into some winter weather, [...]

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AKdude on October 17th, 2008

CNN: Palin Has Never Seen Russia From Alaska

 
Sarah frequently gets eaten alive by the media for some of her comments. Her comment about being able to see Russia from Alaska is one of them. In a figurative sense this is very true. But everyone is putting a literal spin on it. Here is an interesting [...]

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AKdude on October 3rd, 2008

An Alaska cruise tour is simply the best way to experience Alaska. From the Inside Passage in the south to Denali and Fairbanks in the north, you can see it all on an Alaskan cruise tour.
Several of the major cruise lines offer these combination land and sea tours, including Princess, Holland America, Celebrity, and Royal [...]

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What travels at about six miles per hour, crosses over 800 rivers and streams as well as three mountain passes, and takes six days to reach its destination?
You’ve got it! Oil!
Every day, about 1.8 million barrels of oil travel down the Trans-Alaska Pipeline from the Prudhoe Bay oil fields in North Alaska to the port [...]

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AKdude on September 23rd, 2008

Hi all,
Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. I just drove down with a buddy from Alaska to Northern Minnesota to visit family. It was a beautiful drive and I saw a lot of wonderful scenery and even a little bit of wildlife. We drove 3300 miles in 8 days. We didn’t push it too hard [...]

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