Driving through AK/CAN in 3 weeks

[Cason61]

Originally Posted by bigben

Great info. We're are contemplating the trip via western BC next summer.

Vancouver is Huge and whatever country's food you want, it's probubly there. The Maple cookies were excellent too. Oh yeah, the Canadians were very nice people. Lot's of tourist attractions. Check out the 'Tim Hortons' there and make sure you take a GPS and pay attention to the KPH and the road signs for when you need to turn off. And lastly only a few places can change your money so remember where they are to change more when you need it.

[Air_Force_dude]

Originally Posted by Rocky49

I live just north of Edmonton, Alberta Canada and we camp in our vans and now our Thor Freedom Elite 23H in October. The big issue as many have correctly identified is lack of open campgrounds, and services. A couple of suggestions that I have used. One we often camp at small airports. They are less secure than US ones, and many times if you arrive early enough in the afternoon you can make arrangements to plug your motorhome in. It maybe 15 amps but it will recharge your battery, and allow your furnace to run all night and your microwave. Cost will be about 10 bucks if they charge at all.
At some airports we can use the public washrooms because as pilots we know the door codes, others are open 24/7.

The next issue is dumping tanks and adding fresh water. My municipality (St Albert) forbids Walmart camping, but does have free dumping stations, but for fresh water you have to hook up to a gas station. The dumping stations are used all winter for carpet cleaning /steaming trucks to dump their scuzzy water at the end of the day. The city does not object because the hot water cleans up some of their lines each day all year round.


Rocky

All great advice, thanks Rocky!