sdianel
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maybe you could caravan with another couple? Looks like lots of folks will be headed to Alaska from Florida. We've been to Alaska twice and I would go back every year. You will love it. I say go for it!
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Oregon Ms
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There are medical facilities in the towns and cities of Canada and Alaska and everywhere between Key West, Florida and Blaine, Washington. I guess you could get caught between towns, but I guess you could say the same thing for some streches of Florida highways too.
Only you know if your health issues should keep you home or off the road.
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xctraveler
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We made the trip last year at age 68. We have our share of meds we take to control various "things". There certainly were a few stretches, especially on the Klondike Loop and Top of the World Highway where there was no cell service and no traffic for miles. We both drive and we share that equally so we won't be stranded if one of us is disabled. We have Air Ambulance coverage and we went.
Both of us went to urgent care facilities during the trip for minor ailments and we were well cared for.
If you want to be closer to care than we were, stay on the Alaska Highway or use the Marine Highway (ferries). Plan on spending the entire summer once you get there, if you are anything like most we met you won;t want to leave until it looks like the snow will fly (late August).
Check out my blog (signature) for our trip experience.
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artkt
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Our EMS retired the Medevac dog sleds a number of years ago. After 1925 they just didn't get used that much...
We use helicopters now, and so unless you are camping in an old transit bus miles out in the impenetrable wilderness, you won't be more than an hour from a major hospital in Anchorage or Fairbanks, while you are in Alaska.
Seriously though, you will have nothing to worry about. If you are anywhere on the road system in Alaska or Canada, even though it may look real remote, the roads are heavily traveled and there will always be someone along, and up here they DO stop and help.
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bmcdonald
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like everyone says, check with your Dr. and if all is fine, go for it..  We are in our 60's and don't let this slow us down.. we even travel the Dalton Hwy and Denali Hwy.. plus DH is on Codium (blood thinner) which course you have to be careful with but this never slows us down.. headed for our 3rd trip this summer..
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bmcdonald
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bmcdonald wrote:like everyone says, check with your Dr. and if all is fine, go for it.. We are in our 60's and don't let this slow us down.. we even travel the Dalton Hwy and Denali Hwy.. plus DH is on Codium (blood thinner) which course you have to be careful with but this never slows us down.. headed for our 3rd trip this summer..
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joe b.
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artkt, try Rivers Edge Campground in Fairbanks, if you need a spot there for your rig. I have seen 45 ft rigs in there most of our trips. Funny you mention the Nenana EMS as I was a volunteer EMT and Firefighter in Nenana for a decade or more till we moved south. Some wild stories could be told, but can't. LOL
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mtrumpet
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Heck at 70 & 71, you're still considered "middle aged" by some standards! 
Seriously though, as others have said, go ahead and do what you feel like doing. Then, after you've gotten on in years and it may be too late to do some of the things that you wanted to do, you then won't have any regrets about not doing those things.
I'm 55, but unfortunately, I personally have a LOT of friends and acquaintances younger than I, that are no longer with us.
Don't worry about when you might die as much as how much living you still have to do!
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J-Rooster
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Larry, it's a little spendy, but you can drive to Bellingham, Washington State and take the ferry Alaska Marine Hwy. System up to Alaska. They have EMT's plus the Coast Guard Helicopter is available when needed.
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gss036
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We were at a seminar at the Seattle RV show and the guy talked about driving to Prince Rupert,B.C. and then taking the ferry. He said it would save a lot of bucks(??) doing this. I have driven to Prince Rupert from Bellingham and it takes about 2-3 days, depending on how far you want to drive each day. I have B-I-L that is 75+ and he drives part time for LTI and has made the trip in a 16 wheeler several times hauling fish. Also have friends (kinda) that team drive for LTI and that ia thier assigned run. They can do a trip a week. I suspect the truck never stops though.
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