Road trip; Florida to Alaska
 

Just got an 06 H2 for a road trip to Alaska, via Utah. This is my second time on the drive, so this time I plan on doing it right. Hence the new ride. The drive begins in 3 weeks.

Feb 2007 - Miami, FL

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Awesome picture! Post the route you will take so you can meet up with other owners along the way! How long are you planning for the entire trip?

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You should get in touch with Quick and see if they would sponsor some of your trip.

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Great choice on the color....Congrats on the new rig!:perfect10s:

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Sounds sweet how many miles is that exaclty and how much time of driving is that?

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Congrats and welcome to the site !! That's gonna be a long and awesome trip !! Hope to see alot of pics and get info !!
have a safe trip man !!

frenzy
Belgium

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If you make it to Anchorage, give me a shout. I can point you in the right direction from a locals view. PM me for my email or cell.

Dan

:beerchug:

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Getcherself to the Moose's Tooth in Anchorage! Grumpy's too! I'll be there in June.

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Beautiful pic.:cool:

Are you driving round trip?

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oh now thats a great photo! nothing better than the beach. what part of FL you from? I have several clients down that way in Miami and also over in Palm Beach. You are going to post road pics of the trip right? Welcome to the forum!

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That's a great picture! Welcome to the forum. Be sure and post pics of your trip. There are planty of folks on here that can help if you have questions/accidents along the way.

What made you decide to drive all that way?

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I did this drive a few years ago. It's around 6k miles. The second part is 50 hours from Idaho to Alaska, or 3k miles. The return trip I sent my truck to Seattle freight, although you can take a ferry as well.

My plans are to spend time in Utah first, and I have no timeline for leaving, could be a month or longer. The drive through Jasper and Whitehorse is enough to get me to do it again, not to mention Denali.

This time I won't be returning to Florida, could end up in Utah long term.

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The H2 is the best road trip vehicle. Last summer loaded up the wife and the rottie and drove to Ouray from Chicago 21 hours wheeled from Ouray to Telluride via Imogene Pass ( I know stupid did the closed trail backwards but lived)next day. Partied in Telluride that night then to New River AZ next day. Did Crown King,Table Mesa and Soldiers Pass (Sedona) Drove back from Phoenix to Chicago in 26.8 hours non stop (well stopped for fuel). Very Comfortable ride to say the least . Have a great trip.

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X2! Last summer I went from Oregon to Indiana for Hummer Homecoming, wheeled in Paragon then went to Virginia to visit some folks, and back to Oregon via Colorado. 7000 miles in 4 weeks. I've been down to Arizona and over to Moab. I'm always in Idaho and Western Wyoming, Nevada. I love it because it goes on all the roads, not just the paved ones.

Are you getting a roof rack or anything before you go, Quick?

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I wanna go! That sounds like so much fun! Wow... so much to see. Have a blast! :beerchug:

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Setup a Blog so we can follow easier and you can give details of what happened on certain days like a diary. Plus pics may be easier to post there do not know for sure. Just seems the easiest way to let all your forum Buds to keep with Your trip.

I'm knew to Blogging and my space, and mytubes all that stuff but, Dragon has helped Me. I want to start one I think to document the road to
The Texas Mile topend run. I wish Dragon and i would have done a blog or something on the process of developing "The Beastly Beauty". Dragon I think did take a good number of photos so maybe he can assemble something from that someday if he ever has time. He is so covered up My free requests get put on hold to actually making money. Can You believe that Dragon making money instead of doing all the free stuff i want done. Go figure that, LOL!!!!

TAZ

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Great question. I'm actually struggling right now with cargo space but I will just travel light. Hopefully I can get some ideas on racks and add ons in Moab. So far all I've seen are GOBI and maybe that's the obvious choice.

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IMO, and I don't have one, GOBI would be a great rack. I like them because you can walk on them and tie things down easily. Be sure and get a ladder so you can get on the roof.

I use Pelican cases for keeping things dry on top. Mostly I put my off road gear and tools up there. Things I don't need all the time. Extra clothes and a shovel.

www.casesbypelican.com

Another case that I use is a box that goes on the back of a 4 wheeler.
It's curved and goes around my spare tire. I know GOBI makes boxes that fit up there specifically for storage too. They also have a truck vault that fits right in the back.

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Happy Trails:popcorn: Call AAA for a trip tick:popcorn:

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What an AWESOME trip!!! I'd LOVE to have the time to do that!!