Wrapping Up Another Great RV Adventure

We woke up Saturday morning at the Golden Bear Campground in Tok, ready to take on the day ahead of us.  The game plan was to take showers and have breakfast before leaving camp by 10am.  One last waste water dump before making the last 200 mile journey in the RV would be the first of many chores to be done before meeting up with the Culberts for dinner and to return the motor home.

This is by far the most stressful day of the entire vacation, including the planning and all of the logistics that go into this trip.  In addition to flushing the water systems, we have to do laundry including the sheets and towels in the RV, clean the interior and exterior of the RV, clean the appliances and counters, fill up the propane tank (which has yet to be accomplished due to station issues in Fairbanks) and gassing up.


It works out pretty well in that the big car wash we use is next door to a professional laundromat with industrial washers and dryers.  So while David was out bathing the motor home, I was doing the laundry.  It's really  nice to be able to pack clean clothes and not have to deal with that when we get home.

It never ceases to amaze me at well we do in timing it to meet them for dinner as scheduled.  That morning I called Tracy to let her know we were looking at 5:30pm for dinner at a local Mexican place we like.  We rolled in at precisely 5:29pm, although the parking lot presented some challenges since the last time we were there a couple of new restaurants have gone into that corner taking away the nice large gravel parking lot we had used before.

Dinner with the Culbert Family is another highlight of our vacation in Alaska.  Our Great RV Adventures have been made possible by the barter arrangement we've made each time.  There is no way we would be able to afford such a trip renting an RV for two plus weeks as frequently as we have done over the past six years.

This time of the year is particularly fun because their two children have birthdays right around the time of our vacation.  Their son had just turned 13 and their daughter turned 11 shortly after our return home to Milwaukee. To see them growing up has been a joy.  Thinking back to our first trip in 2010, these kids were just seven and five!  My goodness does time fly.

After dinner our vacation ended as it started . . . at the airport with them handling the transportation details for us.  Amazing!  More wonderful friends who feel like family.  God bless you Greg, Tracy, Tim and Gracy!  May your travels to Hawaii later this year be safe and as enjoyable as our two weeks were with your RV.