Exploring Jeeps - Alaska Trip of a Lifetime
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2016
- We drive our Jeep Wrangler to Alaska from Chicago. The video is a combination of Photos and video taken from our July 2016 trip from Chicago to Seattle, Hyder AK, Anchorage, Seward, Denali, Deadhorse, Coldfoot, McCarthy, Haines Junction, Banff, Jasper, Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Custer State Park. We drove 12000 miles, and spent 1100 miles on dirt roads. We drove the Denali Highway and the Dalton Higway to the Artic ocean. It was for me a trip of a lifetime.
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Looks like an amazing adventure and you took some spectacular photos! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks TrailRecon!
This is straight amazing! My wife & I have been talking an Alaskan cruise but this looks way more fun and adventurous. Nice job. Thanks for the ideas!
Great video. Amazing shots as well. Thank you for sharing!
Amazing pictures!
Looks like an amazing trip and very similar to something I've been dreaming about taking someday. Definitely a trip of a lifetime in my opinion. And great to create and share memories with you family.
Great photography. Great vehicle.
Awesome video! Loved every moment of it.
Thanks for sharing your adventure. I would love to do the same thing someday with my son.
I was able to spend some quality time with my son. Best thing is there is no cell service for hundreds of miles at a time. We actually talked. Mountains, animals, conversation and a Jeep. It was great.
Amazing photos!
Thanks Don!
Great video, looks like an awesome trip.
It’s a Jeep..let it get dirty. Spray it down with a pressure washers underneath when it’s cool. It’ll live. 👍🏼
Hey glad to see another video! Beautiful trip..I liked the before and after of the undercarriage.
Frenzy Fire, Thanks, I wish I had more video versus photos, but I am a decent photographer and can take good photos very quickly. Setting up for video and taking my time with it was difficult when we had so many miles to drive each day. Yeah, that undercarriage, it still looks like a mess. I know what I will be doing this weekend. Thanks again.
Beautiful photos want to take my jk to Alaska as well. Does the headliner kit work well for sound reduction and temperature control? Thanks much.
David, Thanks! The headliner kit is worth it for controlling the temperature in the Jeep. Especially for the rear passengers. It makes the AC much more effective in my opinion. It does take the edge off the noise level, but it is not easy to tell that it is doing it. I tried to make a video, and I had my sound recorder locked down to record audio the same for both. The reality was, even driving the same road, the same way, I couldn't demonstrate that there was a difference. I feel that there is, I just can't prove it. Temperature, is no question. It helps a lot.
+Exploring Jeeps Wow awesome review, thank you for taking the time.
What brand is your hard top insulation kit, and how much of a difference does it make with the inside temperature?
I have the Mopar Headliners. I installed them myself(it is much cheaper than getting it from the factory). In the summer heat, I could hold my hand up and just feel the heat radiating from the top. that sensation of having a heater over your head is gone with the headliners.
Pot holes in Alaska similar to Chicago... so, off-road. I see the same comparison to Boston in the spring time... ;-)
Chicago roads are most definitely worse. Im looking to take my grand cherokee trailhawk to Alaska. Also is that a harbor freight hitch basket??
Yep, its a harbor freight basket. We wanted to keep our gas outside the vehicle. No complaints about the basket. There were only a couple of times where we hit a major bump and it felt like it rocked in the hitch. It was worth whatever it cost, and now we have something to move stuff like gas or firewood if we need to.
@@ExploringJeeps yea i got one 2 weeks ago and i love it. there is a hitch tightener that i got for it from amazon for like 20$ and its been great. put a deer on it and drove almost 300 miles
Where did you stay overnight? Was it easy to find lodging? Gas stations?Awesome trip!!!
Teo P, along the Dalton Highway was the most difficult place to find a place to stay. During the whole trip we swapped between hotels and sleeping in the Jeep. We weren't setup yet to be completely self sufficient, so the hotels were a welcome break for showers and laundry. But on the Dalton, it is pretty much either Fairbanks, Coldfoot or Dead Horse for gas and hotels (oh, and cell phones too). We ended up sleeping in rest areas in the Jeep. It seemed pretty common and there was nowhere else. With sunlight 24 hours a day, it was difficult to sleep great, and the mosquitoes outside were relentless. It was amazing though. I would do it again, especially if there was another week.
Thanks for sharing, Your Video was very well narrated and Highlighted great points.... Did you have Cell Phone Service throughout the entire time in Alaska, Well at least while on the road?? Is your Rig set up with a Cb in case Cell Phone Dies?? And in a Perfect World, What Zoom Lense would be the best to take on a trip tp Alaska?? 300mm?400mm? You Guys captured some really good shots!!!!!
Roc900, Thanks! Cell phone service was only when close to towns. My son had some withdrawal symptoms. In fact at times it was so remote that our radio scanned up and down FM and AM with no stations that would lock. We didn't have a CB or Ham radio, but we did have everything we needed for a week out in the wild, so we weren't too worried. Every road we went on had occasional traffic too, so if we had to flag down someone we could have. For the lens, I would go as big as you can. I used a 70-200 because that is what I have. a 100-400 would be significantly better. If you are interested in wildlife though they really seem to come out when the sun is going down, so f2.8 will help a lot. I have rented lenses before from lensrentals.com and always have enjoyed it. For 3 weeks though, it just cost too much for the 200-400L that I wanted to rent.
Exploring Jeeps, Thanx for responding.....!!!
I shoot Canon, I would love to have the Canon 200-400mm f/4 however I'm just an average guy from a small town in Michigan called Detroit,Lol. Great Info and insight you have provided, I will definitely have two bodies when I go.... I'm waiting for the new JL to be released, And I'm praying to the Jeep Gods they release a Diesel. Going To The Sun Highway is at the top oif my bucket list.
Thanks again
how did u perform maintenance on the Jeep, oil change etc?
Italian Chopper, I usually change my oil every 5K miles. I didn't bring an oil pan to do it myself, so I actually went to a Jiffy Lube in Anchorage. I was pacing around, they had to think I was nuts. I really did not like the feeling of having someone else touch my Jeep. I had them change the air filter also. The tires should have been rotated, but I didn't do it. My wheel lock key was inside my jeep under all of our stuff, and was pinned in by the rear hitch basket. I should have put it in the Glove compartment and not in the rear compartment under the floor. Live and learn.
Use t6...diesel oil....15000 miles...5w