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Outstanding! Congratulations - Thoreau would be proud!<br>&nbsp;Ol' Joe guy in Oregon

Enjoy the maze, indeed!

I've been based out of Albany, Oregon for the summer as the barbecue competitions go most weekends around the NW, and anytime someone wants my opinion on anything, much less barbecue, I'm there!!<br />It's tough, unrewarding work, but someone has to do it, and fortunately the season's going to...

Back in Oregon -<br>Well, for the first major trip out with the camper, all went pretty well - I learned a lot of small lessons, but generally I'd recommend that Alaska road trip to anyone who wants to see the sort of country that makes you run out of terms to describe the scenery. There were...

<p style="margin: 0px;">Well, things have definitely warmed up here in AK, and the mosquitos have come alive in places - all the ice is off the rivers, and while there's been some rain up here the last few days it's been mostly shirtsleeve weather. The mosquitos have been arguing with the DEET...

<p style="margin: 0px;">&nbsp;Dispatches ftrom the wilderness - </p><p style="margin: 0px;">Sure enough, Canada let me through, so I had a clear run up through BC,Yukon and on to Fairbanks. The roads were consistently good until the last stretch in Yukon and AK that had some serious frost heaves...

Well, I'll (maybe) try anything once - the dryer sheets COULD work, after all, and might have the added bonus of making the bears just shake their heads and wander off, after seeing some ol' tourist with dryer sheets tucked under his cap..but it could work, and I'll give it a try!<br>&nbsp;Joe<br>

Well, the preparations are coming along on the rig, and I'm to the point of having to actually hit the road to find out what I've missed. Just having some trouble with beginning the second month of retirement - seem to be finding myself grinning for no apparent reason. I received my renewed...

&nbsp;Thanks for the word - Their country, their rules.<br>&nbsp;Otherwise, if I do encounter a bear I just might have to debate with him until he decides it's just not worth it and leaves.<br>&nbsp;Joe<br>

Thanks for the good tips - I'm waiting on the passport renewal to go through, and in the meantime tinkering with the camper and trying to get a feel for what to do/not to do on this trip.<br>&nbsp;I'll be heading north from Oregon, to Alaska, about mid-may, hopefully - but then since I just...

Thanks for the encouragement! I would have to say, though, that my definition of "normal" might stretch the definition a bit. Today I was up in Portland, at a barbecue competition, as a judge! Yup, there really is such a thing as a Certified Pacific Northwest Barbecue Association judge! The job...

Hello Vandwellers!<br>&nbsp;I should know better after following the postings here for a while, but it still surprises me to see the generous response to my posting, now that I've begun to make the transition to retired, unemployed, gypsy, vagabond, rubbertramp, whatever type of self-directed...

&nbsp;Hello all from Oregon!<br>&nbsp;I've been watching this site for quite some time as I prepare for a mobile retired lifestyle - as it happened, circumstances changed and showed me that April was as good a time as any to make the change!<br>I've been preparing a short (20foot) class C for a...