Road trip from Fairbanks Alaska to Arkansas
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Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Rick I didn’t find out about the fire pits, forgot to ask. We will be in Kaysville north of SLC and will be headed south through Price on highway 6, ending up on 191, to 70, then back to 191to Moab 491 to Gallop and finely interstate 40 going east. Something like that. Don’t want to do I-15 because it takes us to far west.
I wondered about I 15 heading into Lost Wages and yep that is heading west.
I found out about the fire pits. Yes, two spaces that are side by side both have fire pits, the one across from there (for your brother?) does not. I'll bring ya some oak and they said they usually have some that you can use. Let there be fire.
I found out about the fire pits. Yes, two spaces that are side by side both have fire pits, the one across from there (for your brother?) does not. I'll bring ya some oak and they said they usually have some that you can use. Let there be fire.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Other than around Moab, that is a nasty little tourist town, traffic is good everywhere and the roads are very good also.
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Yeah I looked closer at 6 and figured it would be just a little more scenic than I want at this time, so probably going to do 15 to 70 to 191.
Years ago Karyn and I were in a motel in Moab with a bar out front. Some local from the Res was banging on our door trying to force it half heartedly. It was late and with my Wife and two little boys I wasn’t have the late night crap. Blocked the door with a chair and allowed the door to open to the chain. Guy started yelling and pushing and I cocked the hammer back on the Bulldog, makes a pretty distinctive sound. Guy quickly headed out to other parts. Short argument.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Same thing happened to me in Wheeling, West Virginia, almost. Saturday night and high school basket ball teams were playing in town. Motel had several teams and one coach was having a hard time with his players in the big city. Kept banging on my door looking for two kids. Opened it up on the chain and stuck the nose of the 1911 out. He apologized and we had a quite night after that.
Petrol & Powder
Well-Known Member
Those events occur frequently and end well for all involved……most of the time.
Problems occur when the offender has lost ALL capacity for rational thought and the presence of a firearm (and imminent potential death) does not deter them.
Alcohol, drugs, mental illness, extreme anger, or some combination of factors – intensifies the problem. Personally, I think it’s better to prepare to use deadly force, select a tactically sound position and wait for the idiot to be the aggressor. If you have the opportunity to call for help while that is happening, great. If not, you’ve done the best you can to avoid bloodshed and whatever happens…. Happens.
Problems occur when the offender has lost ALL capacity for rational thought and the presence of a firearm (and imminent potential death) does not deter them.
Alcohol, drugs, mental illness, extreme anger, or some combination of factors – intensifies the problem. Personally, I think it’s better to prepare to use deadly force, select a tactically sound position and wait for the idiot to be the aggressor. If you have the opportunity to call for help while that is happening, great. If not, you’ve done the best you can to avoid bloodshed and whatever happens…. Happens.
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well I believe there is two sounds that are pretty universally understood, the cocking of a revolver and the ultimate, the slide action shotgun. I’ve had the slide action shotgun affair twice, once where I felt good to be still drawing breath a few moments later. The second was actually split between myself and Betsy Two Toes my dog. Girlfriend was rent down stairs from a notorious old fart who killed dogs fairly often. He hated dogs. Didn’t think he was home when I came to visit and let Betsy out for a few moments. Bad move, old fart was home. Popped open the upstairs window and out comes a 12 gage pointing at me!! Started cussing at me and then he started to swing over to Betsy. I just yelled up telling him to stop or I was going to come up and beat the living crap out of him. Shotgun swung back and he started yelling more and finished up with don’t ever bring that dog back. In the window and slam closed.
Then I got a case of the shakes. Don’t like shotguns.
Then I got a case of the shakes. Don’t like shotguns.
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Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well we finally got rolling by 10AM. What else is new. For a guy who is up at 4 or 5 it’s hard to figure. But it does take a while to load the kitchen sink and other got to have stuff to out fit a new camp trailer. Then you are 3 - 400 miles down the road and you realize you forgot a few basic things such as fresh water hose and extension cord. Oh well I guess this is one reason a guy ends up with 7 of everything.
But back to the road trip.
Starting out at 3,200 miles since leaving Alaska we are headed across southern Oregon and northern Nevada. First planned stop was Elko which would leave about 220 miles for Sunday drive to Kaysville just north of SLC.
Well from a little after Winnemucca weather started to worsen. The further east heavier rain with temperatures dropping close to freezing. This stuff was a day early, can’t trust the weather Gods or the predictions.
By Battle Mountain it wasn’t improving. The drive from there to Elko started to look like our trip in the Yukon, crappy would be a good description. The rain/snow was starting to build up a good amount of slush. Well arriving in Elko late about 11PM we headed to the Motel 6. Mostly good experiences with them but sometimes not. We travel with Biscuit and Motel 6 takes pet no problem.
Well this is a travel warning: don’t ever stay in the Elko motel 6. First room issued didn’t have any light switches. No kidding! There was one in the bathroom and one on the bed head that kinda provided some illumination, but you weren’t going to find your keys if you dropped them. Ok, back to the office and talked to the pink and blue haired tattooed fat woman with rings in her nose. She took my electronic key and reprogrammed it. Here room 118. Great. Keep in mind I’m staggering tired and it’s raining/ snow mix. Go to room 118, key won’t work. Red lights. Back to the office and the woman of many colors and she reprogrammed the key. Back to the room, no go. I’m about dead here, so I’ve got to find a place but this isn’t cutting it. Looked all over town for a place that would take a dog with one human and me. Ended up in the Walmart parking lot by a little after midnight. Still raining, snow stopped. Woke up at 2:30 and said to Karyn and Biscuit, “We’re off for Wendover on the Utah side. Karyn was not happy.
Got to the Motel 6 in Wendover by 5AM. Got a room and it was nice for the very spartan basic rooms that motel 6 offers. Crashed and hit the road at 11AM. Weather was looking up only drizzling. Off to the Golden Arches stake house for a McMuffin and 2 extra large coffees. Heading across the Bonneville Salt Flats. For an absolute flat expanse it’s scenic and impressive. The weather was improving blustery with big clouds that would dump on us and impressively high winds. My Tundra doesn’t offer a large profile to the wind, but was pushing pretty good.
Anyway made it to Kaysville got a clean motel 6 in Ogden by 2 in the afternoon. Relaxed, took naps and went out to dinner to eat some real food at a decent Mexican restaurant and were back at the motel by dark. We both crashed by 9PM.
I most say Biscuit has been the most enjoyable trouble free traveler a person could ask for. We made her a nest in the back seat and made sure that the massive amount of stuff, cooler with a carry on and jackets on top didn’t cascade down on her.
I will post pictures as soon as I have time and Karyn transfers them to me.
This morning showers, stop by the Golden Arches Stake house mainly for coffee, an extra large fills our insulated travel cups and leaves a half full Mc D’s cup. Good start. Will probably visit Mc D’s again this morning. But, off to see our new to us travel trailer at 9 when they open.
We will see how this little unit stacks up, buying sight unseen can leave some unwanted surprises. But, hoping purchasing from Camping World might mean we will be okay. Maybe.
Now don’t go listing out horror stories about them, I don’t want to hear them now, maybe later. But I will be either happy or I will raise hell. I’m good at that if it’s justified. If they sold us a pig and a poke to a couple of senior citizens on a fixed income, I can become uncomfortable with that party. But I’m an eternal optimist. So don’t rain on my parade with pessimistic stuff. It’s Monday, what could possibly go wrong?
Off to the showers.
But back to the road trip.
Starting out at 3,200 miles since leaving Alaska we are headed across southern Oregon and northern Nevada. First planned stop was Elko which would leave about 220 miles for Sunday drive to Kaysville just north of SLC.
Well from a little after Winnemucca weather started to worsen. The further east heavier rain with temperatures dropping close to freezing. This stuff was a day early, can’t trust the weather Gods or the predictions.
By Battle Mountain it wasn’t improving. The drive from there to Elko started to look like our trip in the Yukon, crappy would be a good description. The rain/snow was starting to build up a good amount of slush. Well arriving in Elko late about 11PM we headed to the Motel 6. Mostly good experiences with them but sometimes not. We travel with Biscuit and Motel 6 takes pet no problem.
Well this is a travel warning: don’t ever stay in the Elko motel 6. First room issued didn’t have any light switches. No kidding! There was one in the bathroom and one on the bed head that kinda provided some illumination, but you weren’t going to find your keys if you dropped them. Ok, back to the office and talked to the pink and blue haired tattooed fat woman with rings in her nose. She took my electronic key and reprogrammed it. Here room 118. Great. Keep in mind I’m staggering tired and it’s raining/ snow mix. Go to room 118, key won’t work. Red lights. Back to the office and the woman of many colors and she reprogrammed the key. Back to the room, no go. I’m about dead here, so I’ve got to find a place but this isn’t cutting it. Looked all over town for a place that would take a dog with one human and me. Ended up in the Walmart parking lot by a little after midnight. Still raining, snow stopped. Woke up at 2:30 and said to Karyn and Biscuit, “We’re off for Wendover on the Utah side. Karyn was not happy.
Got to the Motel 6 in Wendover by 5AM. Got a room and it was nice for the very spartan basic rooms that motel 6 offers. Crashed and hit the road at 11AM. Weather was looking up only drizzling. Off to the Golden Arches stake house for a McMuffin and 2 extra large coffees. Heading across the Bonneville Salt Flats. For an absolute flat expanse it’s scenic and impressive. The weather was improving blustery with big clouds that would dump on us and impressively high winds. My Tundra doesn’t offer a large profile to the wind, but was pushing pretty good.
Anyway made it to Kaysville got a clean motel 6 in Ogden by 2 in the afternoon. Relaxed, took naps and went out to dinner to eat some real food at a decent Mexican restaurant and were back at the motel by dark. We both crashed by 9PM.
I most say Biscuit has been the most enjoyable trouble free traveler a person could ask for. We made her a nest in the back seat and made sure that the massive amount of stuff, cooler with a carry on and jackets on top didn’t cascade down on her.
I will post pictures as soon as I have time and Karyn transfers them to me.
This morning showers, stop by the Golden Arches Stake house mainly for coffee, an extra large fills our insulated travel cups and leaves a half full Mc D’s cup. Good start. Will probably visit Mc D’s again this morning. But, off to see our new to us travel trailer at 9 when they open.
We will see how this little unit stacks up, buying sight unseen can leave some unwanted surprises. But, hoping purchasing from Camping World might mean we will be okay. Maybe.
Now don’t go listing out horror stories about them, I don’t want to hear them now, maybe later. But I will be either happy or I will raise hell. I’m good at that if it’s justified. If they sold us a pig and a poke to a couple of senior citizens on a fixed income, I can become uncomfortable with that party. But I’m an eternal optimist. So don’t rain on my parade with pessimistic stuff. It’s Monday, what could possibly go wrong?
Off to the showers.
Rick H
Well-Known Member
She must be a well traveled gal.....or maybe one of a set of quintuplets but I swear I have run into her before.
Nope, that one was in Redlands, CA. It was the dirtiest, nastiest place I had ever seen. Plastic tub was cracked and flooded the bathroom and out into the room. Bed sheets must not have been changed in years and had wet spots from the last "guests". But hey, it did have light switches.
No switches................no wonder they leave the light on for ya!