Good morning guys, from the Alaska Highway. We are home! We are in Alaska!
Crossed the border last night, making the short push towards the little town of
Tok but... Home is within distance and this is just a very special moment! I'm not
getting sappy or anything but... This is the third road trip that we have done!
First one was seven months, nine months and then this one is ahhh... Just gonna be
days shy of 11 months and... There's just always something, I don't know! Special
returning home. Like, I know we're over five hundred miles away from our house
but we're in Alaska and it just feels like home!.... Well you might be wondering
where the first three days of the trip went. And yes! We did drive from the
border of Canada to the border of Alaska in three days!
But you know, we've kind of done that trip before. And so we decided to spend
the time focusing on getting some really amazing scenery footage! B-roll we call
it! And when we get home we're going to make an epic educational video for you
about: "Travelling to Alaska." We will recap the trip for you a little bit today...
Starting with Danny's first Rock-chip! He's officially an Alaskan car truck now!
We had some oncoming traffic, send a rock our way...
Unfortunately, I don't think this one is repairable! This is going to eventually
require a windshield replacement.... And if you've been around the channel for any
length of time, you know that we like to collect a few rock chips before we
replace the windshield! Especially once we're home in Alaska. I don't know, it
kind of says you're a local more than anything!
Shelby fared on the trip very well. Although we will say, she was pretty
anxious to get out of the truck last night! I think she's going to be so happy
to be home, to have her yard and her house! To run around and play and stretch
out a little.... Did you fare okay on the trip or you're a little worse for wear?
Which part of the trip? The Alaska Highway, like the last few days or the
10-month trip?..I don't know!Which one do you want to talk about?... Another 10 months in a 13' ft. box is an interesting story!... It's
gonna be a nice opportunity to hit the reset button for us uhhmmm... Maybe take some time
to take care of ourselves more, ground ourselves for a little bit!
I'd really like to... You know, finish out our new website! His and Hers Hub. Sorry
hisandhershub.com and get some more content up there because... All these
like you said, the educational course... We're heading in that direction! We want to...
Just expand our brand by expanding the resources that we offer the community!
278 divided by 22.9 gallons equals to 12.13 miles per
gallon! We had a serious tailwind on that last
stretch for Haines Junction to here. And that is very good for freeway speeds! I
will say they are kind of closer to Baja miles because you're going really slow
over the frost hues but.... That's the fuel economy of the trip!... Talking about fuel...
You guys are probably wondering what we paid for gas in
Canada. Well, diesel in Canada.... This time was actually quite favourable! More so
than our other two trips. And I think in part was because the fuel was actually
priced lower. But also because the US Canadian exchange rate was in our favour
much more than it has been in the past! So it was 373 US per gallon of diesel on
average on the way home. So that was really good!
Plus we are also getting a solid three to four....
To five miles per gallon better
in Danny than we did in Nellie the Motorhome.... We're happy campers! We budgeted for more than we ended up
spending! So we have officially turned off of the Alcan now. If you're
familiar with it, when you get to Tok, the Alcan goes straight to Fairbanks. But we
turned left and started heading towards Glenallen which will then take us on to a bridge
Alright! We have made it to City Alaska, Anchorage. You know, I always have mixed
feelings about this town ahh.... It has just about everything you need here but... It
also has a lot of human beings! And all the things that come with human
beings!..... Exactly!..... We do definitely have a bunch of errands that we need to run
here in Anchorage but..... Quite frankly, we just want to go home today! So.... We'll come
back up later this week and ahh... Take care of business!
I can definitely tell I've been out of state for a while. Because I like look
down and sound like oh! Alaska plates? Away, we are, we're home!.... Well as Ben likes to say
Anchorage is only 20 minutes away from Alaska so....
Goodbye big city and hello Alaska! We are just a little bit South of Anchorage...
to the left And turning in to the right and in front of us.....This is the Seward
highway that takes us to our home town of Seward, Alaska..... And I will say....It's really starting to look like home now!
We just passed The Y and.... That means we're about 38 miles from home....
It's definitely been a long journey!
Hi.... Excuse me!... Yeah!... How much money for the gas?...Gas?... Yeah from here, from Dubai.... Oh you're welcome....I lost my
wallet. I have no money for gas.I give you the chain, I give you that. You
help me with money, little money for the gas....No money today! I lost my wallet. I go to the bank....
Okay mmhhh!.... Please, I give you the chain....Let me see what I have.. No you don't have...Give me the address
today I come back the money...Hahahaha... I give you the chain it's 14k....
Oh no!You don't have to do that!...I have no money free...No money free...That's okay..... You know what, we're travellers to! People
have helped us. We can pay it forward okay? Will this help?..... Thank you so much..Thank you!
Well you meet the most unique people in the strangest places! That gentleman was
in a rental car, had just arrived here from Dubai he said....
And somehow along the way, lost his wallet. Couldn't
get any money from his bank for five days and needed to buy some gas for his
rental car. He was trying to give us jewellery which was worth a lot more than
the 20 bucks of cash I gave him so.... It's always about paying it forward!.... It
doesn't really matter. It won't be him but it'll be somebody else.... It'll be
us one day. We just get caught off guard, yeah!....
It's gonna happen! But he pulled over the right people. Like travellers, right?...So...Where were you?... I
don't know! 37 miles from home?.... I don't know! You know, normally I get all sappy
about coming home.... I don't necessarily feel that way this time!
I'm grateful to finally have made it home! I'm grateful that the last 11 months
went as well as they did! We learned a lot!.... We're all coming home intact!
Together...3 left and 3 returned... Yep!
As Ben said earlier, we'll stay until we leave again! We don't know what the
future holds...Hahaha....
I'm like, Okay!..... That's Benny's logic..... Yeah! Confucius say.....
Mostly I'm grateful to have a hot bath tonight and.....
But Shelby wander around in the house and play in the yard and.... She's gonna be
so happy to be home!.... She is!..... And we have a lot of friends to visit... A
lot of friends are coming up. We get to visit with people that...
We've met in our lower 48 travels and.... I think it's gonna be a good summer!..It is... I'm
glad we finally made it at home and.... I look forward to seeing what the rest of this year has to hold!...Okay!
Well now I'm getting a little sappy. We actually have arrived in Seward.It is as
beautiful as we always remember it to be! I will for warn you one thing.... If you come to
Alaska be prepared for her to steal your heart!...Not bad honey.....
We did the Alcan, well in Canada in four days....
That is not bad.... I love our little neighbourhood honey!.... I do to! It's so...
Like seriously there's a..Cosy and inviting and this giant mountain... 5000 ft peak right there, literally as the crow flies!
Probably less than a mile away... It's just...This is what we see when we look at our kitchen window...
The house is still standing!.... There it is!..Home guys! Home after 11 months! My goodness!....
Feels good.... We did it!.... Third time's a charm...Yes
Third time's a charm.... Third road trip in the books guys, boom!
Okay, I do want to show you guys a little bit of carnage from the trip!... I don't
think we missed too many of the bugs guys!
The FUSO is a rock star!!..... Guys, this truck, did not miss a bit! The entire trip!
25,000 miles!! It's a work truck, it's a commercial truck but it's working for us
as a recreational vehicle... It's just awesome guys! Like seriously, the
Mitsubishi FUSO chassis is absolutely amazing!..... Your home Shelby, this is your
yard....Are you ready?...Hey this is my house?...Yeah, this is you massive lawn..Hahaha.... This is all you Shelby!.... Well guys, I think about all of our
batteries are dead. Aside from Ronin but this alpha battery is dead. That's a wrap!
But we got a lot of settling in and unpacking. And well you guys know what
all has to be done! Thanks for watching!... If you want to see what we are up to this
summer, hit that SUBSCRIBE button... Oh yeah! There's lots of good stuff
coming Alaska....We might be settling in but we have some adventures in store!.... Oh yeah! We're in the land of adventure!