10,176 km, 6,323 miles, 43 days in my 08 LR3
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:44 pm
My longest road trip ever.
Originally planned to do this with my 99 P38 but in May I bought an 08 LR3 with 164k km on the odometer. After putting a few hundred miles on it I decided everything was working OK except the AC which I hoped I would not need where I was going. That proved to be the case as morning temps were 10C and barely reached 20C in the afternoon. Here was my route:
Left Chilliwack July 10 and visited friends in Victoria, Nanoose Bay and Campbell River.
up to Port Hardy, camped 3 days there
Ferry to Prince Rupert and camped 2 days at Prudhomme Lake Campground
ferry to Haida Gwaii, July 20
8 days on Haida Gwaii, 5 days on Graham Island and 3 on Moresby
From Prince Rupert, Hwy 16 to Hwy 113 just before Terrace which takes you up to Aiyansh to see the lava beds
The FSR to Cranberry Junction on Hwy 37
Hwy 37C to Stewart,BC, and the Salmon Glacier, 3 days at municipal campground in town
Up to Watson Lake, Yukon and down to Skagway
3 days in Skagway (2 nights at local RV park) then over to Haines
up to the town of Chicken, Alaska
From Chicken, Hwy 9, "Top of the World" to Dawson City
4 days in Dawson then 2 days to Tuktoyaktuk and 2 days back on the all gravel Dempster Hwy. Brought some Arctic Ocean back with me
From Dawson 4 days to get back to Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley, August 22.
Had a suspension fault after 30 days but this cleared whenever I restarted the car. Car was great otherwise. Broken windshield on the Dempster.
42 nights in my RTT.
Originally planned to do this with my 99 P38 but in May I bought an 08 LR3 with 164k km on the odometer. After putting a few hundred miles on it I decided everything was working OK except the AC which I hoped I would not need where I was going. That proved to be the case as morning temps were 10C and barely reached 20C in the afternoon. Here was my route:
Left Chilliwack July 10 and visited friends in Victoria, Nanoose Bay and Campbell River.
up to Port Hardy, camped 3 days there
Ferry to Prince Rupert and camped 2 days at Prudhomme Lake Campground
ferry to Haida Gwaii, July 20
8 days on Haida Gwaii, 5 days on Graham Island and 3 on Moresby
From Prince Rupert, Hwy 16 to Hwy 113 just before Terrace which takes you up to Aiyansh to see the lava beds
The FSR to Cranberry Junction on Hwy 37
Hwy 37C to Stewart,BC, and the Salmon Glacier, 3 days at municipal campground in town
Up to Watson Lake, Yukon and down to Skagway
3 days in Skagway (2 nights at local RV park) then over to Haines
up to the town of Chicken, Alaska
From Chicken, Hwy 9, "Top of the World" to Dawson City
4 days in Dawson then 2 days to Tuktoyaktuk and 2 days back on the all gravel Dempster Hwy. Brought some Arctic Ocean back with me
From Dawson 4 days to get back to Chilliwack in the Fraser Valley, August 22.
Had a suspension fault after 30 days but this cleared whenever I restarted the car. Car was great otherwise. Broken windshield on the Dempster.
42 nights in my RTT.