pasco1215
Central Alabama
Senior Member
Joined: 01/03/2005
View Profile
|
2gypsies,
Thanks for the link for the Traveler's Guide to Alaskan Camping! I ordered it and the Frommer's Alaska from Amazon Prime. Both books look good for making plans for 2013 trip.
HAPPY RVing! 
2007 TIFFIN ALLEGRO BUS "R RV"
2004 Saturn SUV "R VUE"
Our Co-Pilot "PASCO" the pearl white schnauzer
|
tony lee
Mexico. Next stop Iceland. Then Patagonia
Senior Member
Joined: 09/26/2004
View Profile
 Online
|
Quote:You will be completely safe from humans and animals boondocking anywhere along the Alaska road system.
Really! COMPLETELY safe??
Must have dreamt about the black bear that woke us trying to climb up the louvres on the engine bay doors.
Or the brown bear that ambled past us about 20' away.
Perhaps that is why a lot of locals have big handguns strapped to their belt when they go out in the woods.
Enjoy your trip, but if you do boondock - as we did whenever possible - just remember you are in their back yard and take sensible precautions.
Tony
Lots of photos with comprehensive captions at MY PICASA Album
Spotwalla map of our travels - Our Travel map
|
resmas
temporarily displaced Alaskan
Senior Member
Joined: 05/05/2008
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
 Offline
|
tony lee wrote:Quote:You will be completely safe from humans and animals boondocking anywhere along the Alaska road system.
Really! COMPLETELY safe??
Yes, completely safe. Keep a clean camp and you won't have anything to worry about.
There are TONS of bears in Alaska, and many, many of them live along the road system. There are also TONS of RVers, most of whom boondock or occupy rural campgrounds that are in bear territory. Heck, even camping in a private CG in "town" is bear territory.
Yet there are very, very few reports of actual injuries to a person in or near an RV as a result of a bear. Or even reports of damage. So I stand by my statement that you will be safe.
My statement doesn't apply to anyone hiking or walking out on a trail, as that requires you to be intensely more "bear aware" to avoid/know how to handle interactions with bears.
And I've had bears walk by my camper before. BIG bears. No biggie.
2012 Dutchmen Voltage Epic 3795
2010 Dodge 3500 DRW MC
2009 GMC 2500 DA CC
2012 Smart-for-two (sometimes hitches a ride in the Voltage!)
2005 Sundowner Sunlite 777
|
Burwoods
Outside Toronto, Canada
Senior Member
Joined: 08/08/2010
View Profile
Offline
|
You have all been very helpful as usual...I was however thinking of the two legged creatures that might think we have more money then we do, and something they would like. I have a good respect for nature, and would and do take steps where that is conerned. Thanks again
Bob and Sally
|
ioshima
Alaska
New Member
Joined: 08/11/2012
View Profile
Offline
|
Last time, the wife and I spent most nights in State Park areas since they had the more "camping feel/woodsy" to them, but as stated earlier; they usually do not have full hookups etc... You have to look at the state parks site for specifics though. We also didn't have a problem with finding a site or safety. In Homer, the "city RV spots" were gravel, but it was beach gravel with just a parking spot, but you couldn't beat the view and roasting reindeer sausage in the campfire...
The only official reservation we have this time is in Denali.
|
|
|
tony lee
Mexico. Next stop Iceland. Then Patagonia
Senior Member
Joined: 09/26/2004
View Profile
Online
|
Quote:Yes, completely safe. Keep a clean camp and you won't have anything to worry about.
......
Yet there are very, very few reports of actual injuries to a person in or near an RV as a result of a bear. Or even reports of damage. So I stand by my statement that you will be safe.
So you agree that the OP will not be "completely safe" and may suffer "actual injury" or even "damage" (as we did).
Thanks for clearing it up.
As for the two-legged kind mentioned by the OP. Guess as a citizen of the world, you are pretty resigned to the fact that a goodly percentage of the people you come across every day are not motivated by concern for your personal well-being. Question is, where do you find the greatest concentration of these people. If a boondocking site doesn't feel right then either get used to a slight (and understandable) feeling of unease that there might be bogiemen hiding in the shadows, or move to a better location - or more sensibly, ask why they would bother driving all the way out of town just to hassle you when they have far softer targets in town.
We have boondocked in more than 20 countries over 5 years and the only times we have been hassled by the two-legged kind were once in Morocco - by three policemen obviously in the pay of the local RV park, and in a fishing reserve in Montana where the river was in and no fishing was possible anyway and a local reported us so the poor ranger had to drive out and apologetically tell us to go somewhere else, and a couple of times where local kids have thought it clever to bang on the side of the RV, giggle and then roar off into the night never to be seen again.
|
PackerBacker
Montreal (Qc) Adirondacks (NY) Myrtle Beach (SC)
Moderator
Joined: 08/22/2002
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
|
Please keep this on the OP's topic of staying where there is scenery/greenery.
|
PA12DRVR
Anchorage, AK
Senior Member
Joined: 09/17/2003
View Profile
|
I will repeat, if you want to pull off the road at a spot that is scenic and has greenery, as long as it is not marked with prohibitive signage (private property, etc), you'll be safe to "boondock" there.
Having lived in Alaska for more decades than I care to remember, I've never had a problem with either bear or moose when I wasn't chasing them with the intent to cause real bad problems for them.
CRL
Displaced Alaskan NO MORE!
My RV is a 1946 PA-12
|
Burwoods
Outside Toronto, Canada
Senior Member
Joined: 08/08/2010
View Profile
Offline
|
We do not wish to upset anyone over our question and the way this post has gone, so we thank each and everyone of you for your responses, and I believe we have the answer that we needed. We will be looking into a couple of books and sites that were mentioned. Thank you all again, invaluable amount of information on this site.
|
bsinmich
Holland, MI
Senior Member
Joined: 11/18/2000
View Profile
Good Sam RV Club Member
Offline
|
Did they ever get the guy who killed the Canadian couple and burned their MH?
2003 Newmar Mountain Aire, Workhorse W22, 2008 Saturn Vue, Falcon 5250, & US Gear Unified Tow Brake
|
|
|
