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RVing Alaska and Canada
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by Sharlene G. Minshall
Sales Rank: 76535
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List Price: $16.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 220 pages
Published by: Gypsy Press April 19, 2002
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0964397048
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0964397040
Book Dimensions:
8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 8.8 ounces
Book Description
RVing Alaska and Canada is a "How-to" and "Why-not" book completely revised in 2002 with 28 more pages of information, photographs and photo vignettes. It takes you through what to do before you leave; map and information gathering; what to take, when to go, how to go, the real scoop on the road conditions and how much it might cost.
Told in the author's personal and humorous fashion, the book unfolds with not only practical suggestions regarding safety, vehicle breakdowns, campgrounds and boondocking, but takes you on every paved and major (and a few minor) gravel roads throughout Alaska and Northwestern Canada. From the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay and the Dempster Highway to the Northwest Territories of Canada, you will experience true adventure with this solo silver gypsy.
The author combines the excitement of Alaska and Canada with flying to outlying villages for a taste of a different life; playing with the Katmai grizzlies; "mushing" real sled dogs on a glacier; and a 500-mile, wilderness canoe trip on the mighty Yukon River. Through her eyes you will feel the awe of the Aurora Borealis on a lonely section of Top of the World Highway; thrill at Mt. McKinley coming out to play; and the fun of Chicken on a Saturday night.
In these 220 packed pages can be found the needed practicality for RV travelers and entertainment for arm-chair travelers.
About The Author
With the usual progression from tent camping to truck camper to mini-motorhome, Sharlene "Charlie" Minshall and her husband traveled all over the country on a shoestring while raising their children. They dreamed of eventually taking on a full-time traveling lifestyle together. This was not to be. "Charlie" became a full-time solo RVer after the death of her best friend and husband.
In 1986, Minshall left her native state of Michigan and has since traveled over 250,000 miles throughout all fifty United States, seventeen Mexican States, and all Canadian Provinces and Territories except Nunavut.
Although Sharlene stayed home to raise her two daughters, the last ten years before going on the road, she was a medical secretary in a Regional Radiation Oncology Center in South Bend, Indiana. Prompted by her daughters and various friends, she combined traveling with writing. She has published nearly 400 articles and columns in numerous regional and national RV magazines. Minshall has written six RV-related "how-to" and "on-the-road" adventure books. Since 1996, she has been an instructor for the Life on Wheels educational conferences held each year in Idaho, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.
Major adventures outside of Alaska have found her living on a beach in Baja; RVing old Mexico as far south as Acapulco; traveling the Trans-Labrador Highway from Goose Bay to Baie-Comeau, Quebec; and being part of the first RV barge campground trip down the Mississippi River. Not satisfied with average adventures, she has often combined RVing with kayaking, motorcycling, paragliding and whitewater rafting.
The author has made four major trips to Alaska since 1987, collecting "how-to" material, adventures and stories. On the trip north in 2001, the author's faithful Sprinter motorhome odometer turned over 200,000 miles. In a humorous and very personal way, Minshall tells about opening her arms to adventure, turning the lemon of losing her mate, into the lemonade of life after fifty.
Reader Reviews
I bought this book thinking "one day, when we retire, maybe we'll go." The author, "Charlie" as you'll get to know her, makes the trip real. All the details are given, with explanations of what to take, when to go, what to watch out for, and what to see while you're there. More importantly for us, however, was the underlying theme of the book...GO AND DO IT! "Charlie" points out repeatedly, "I did it, so can you." Use some common sense, but GO! This book gave us the kick in the pants to pack up our two small boys (2.5 years and 6 months old), buy a small RV, and GO! We didn't want to wait for retirement. Ten weeks and 12,000 miles later, we had the time of our lives. We also had memories of things that most people only dream of doing! My father borrowed this book from me, fell in love with the stories of faraway places, and took off to see it for himself. The book's a great motivator, and Charlie is a down-to-earth storyteller. Thanks, Charlie, for the kick in the pants!
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