Category: Alaska Road Trip

Alaska RT Entry 10: Hello From the Center

The Geographical Center of North America that is.


Alaska RT Entry 9: MPGs

What a difference AC makes:


Alaska RT Entry 8: Freedom


Alaska RT Entry 7 : North Dakota

So we’ve reached the Northern Continental Divide. As we left Minneapolis, Minnesota we pulled in for gas in Fergus Falls, which had this neat attraction and welcome center about the Continental Divide. We crossed over into North Dakota at 2pm, driving through Fargo and ending up in Grand Forks, where my car is currently being…


Alaska RT Entry 6: It’s Heatin’ Up

So the AC lasted an hour and just shut down again. All the places in Fargo and Saskatoon are booked. Plus Monday is a holiday so no one can see us till Tuesday. Luckily I found a place in a small town in between who will take a look at it. FML. No matter how…


Alaska RT Entry 5: Up and Running

Just a quick update, I took the car in (AC work the 10 miles on the way there) and they said part of the system was dirty/clogged. Took five minutes to clean and we’re back on the road. I thought it was going to be much worse… we’ll see what happens… We’ve been on the…


Alaska RT Entry 4: Minneapolis

I just found and booked my hotel all on my phone with an App. How crazy is that?! -Tj


Alaska RT Entry 3: Icy Hot

So it looks like we have our first mechanical malfunction of the trip. When we arrived in Chicago the heat started to get to us so we turned on the AC, which lasted for about five minutes. Upon lifting up the hood this is what we found: After parking the car the ice melted off…


Alaska RT Entry 2: Deep Dish in the Windy City

My first real deep dish pizza, from Gino’s East in Chicago. -Tj


Alaska RT Entry 1: Oh What a Night!

It’s 4:22am and Copilot has taken over the wheel. We had a bumpy ride on I-84 and a little traffic on I-81 but we’re now on I-80 and very close to the Ohio border. There’s some intense fog over here slowing us down a bit but it’s not too bad. I noticed the GPS locator…