I'm confused about this bridge.... is Cook Inlet a town? I thought it was the big inlet.
IS the bridge over the Knik arm, or the Turnigut arm? I mean, looking at a map, those seem to be the most likely places for bridges from Anchorage... going west or south.
I love rain and wind... wind is actually a feature I'm looking for, cause I want to generate my own power. We have talked about Adak, but Unexploded Ordinance is an issue for her (I don't know why!)
Good point about land looking great in winter but not so great in summer. I went thru Glen Allen once in the summer and it seemed great... actually in all my trips to Alaska (only a couple) I've never seen bad misquitoes, except by paradise lake in Denali National Park.
So, the posts you're sinking into the gravel-- are they going to support your floor, or are they going to support your foundation? I'm trying to figure out if there's a reason people don't build houses on foundations? My dream house, unfortunately, is a bit big to not have a foundation....but maybe that just means I replace the soil under it with a couple feet of gravel before pouring the cement, I'm going to have to talk to an architect.
We may decide to go up next spring instead of this winter. Haven't found a place that makes hitches for my truck, and since its a gasoline engine, I think the diesel block heaters won't work (I'm assuming they pull from the trucks tank.)
Camper has a propane heater already... would bring a back up, yes. When I last drove the Alcan, I took a week, and was going really slow as I had no time table. Realistically, in winter, I think its at least three days to Whitehorse after I get into Canada, but maybe I'm being too pessimistic. It was all paved, except for a part under repair, last I went.
Good point about the CB radio... gonna have to get one of those.
Thanks-
Don
IS the bridge over the Knik arm, or the Turnigut arm? I mean, looking at a map, those seem to be the most likely places for bridges from Anchorage... going west or south.
I love rain and wind... wind is actually a feature I'm looking for, cause I want to generate my own power. We have talked about Adak, but Unexploded Ordinance is an issue for her (I don't know why!)
Good point about land looking great in winter but not so great in summer. I went thru Glen Allen once in the summer and it seemed great... actually in all my trips to Alaska (only a couple) I've never seen bad misquitoes, except by paradise lake in Denali National Park.
So, the posts you're sinking into the gravel-- are they going to support your floor, or are they going to support your foundation? I'm trying to figure out if there's a reason people don't build houses on foundations? My dream house, unfortunately, is a bit big to not have a foundation....but maybe that just means I replace the soil under it with a couple feet of gravel before pouring the cement, I'm going to have to talk to an architect.
We may decide to go up next spring instead of this winter. Haven't found a place that makes hitches for my truck, and since its a gasoline engine, I think the diesel block heaters won't work (I'm assuming they pull from the trucks tank.)
Camper has a propane heater already... would bring a back up, yes. When I last drove the Alcan, I took a week, and was going really slow as I had no time table. Realistically, in winter, I think its at least three days to Whitehorse after I get into Canada, but maybe I'm being too pessimistic. It was all paved, except for a part under repair, last I went.
Good point about the CB radio... gonna have to get one of those.
Thanks-
Don