08-08-2004, 12:51 PM
davebowersEd Gilmores Alaska Trip
Ed Gilmore is a man of few words but has been a member of Barthmobile since the beginning.He has a nice 40 foot 1987 Barth that he has no trouble taking anywhere and recently he took it to Alaska.
DROVE UP THRU THE YUKON ON HIGHWAY 37, 240 miles gravel pulling my v.w. diesel camped at jakes corner and drove v w to Ketch Can and then back re hooked up and drove to Fairbanks setting up camp at riverview camp grd. UN hooked and drove to Deadhorse 499 miles not much there, snow cold and it's may 22, just a lot of construction traiers some made into motel etc.drove back seeing grizzlies. black, carrabou, goats, sheep, artic fox, lynx, moose, deer, porcupine.
In 6 wks. we drove the little car 3300 miles aand flew 1000, Nome AND FERRIED FROM VALDEZ-- WHITTIER AND DROVE ONTO ANCHORAGE, then back to Fairbanks. we drove all thru Denalli Park, visited dog sled family and saw demos using wheels no snow in Fairbanks just way north and at altitude.
We drove the whole 800 plus miles of pipe line, crawled all over dreges and panned for gold on a private claim not commercial and made some very good and warm friends.
alot of fun saw a 34 foot gas Barth puller lives in Fox ak couldn't get him involved oh well .
heck of good trip
ED
And following are some photos of his journey:
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