Running produce to Alaska

If you want to do the Alaska thing with produce it is definitely helpful to live in Western Washington or Alaska. My usual schedule is about ten days out and 4 or 5 at home. This last trip I sat 4 days in Soldotna waiting on a fish load. I could have left empty after my reset was up, but getting paid going home is nice too. Obviously, it messed my schedule up and cut home time short, but fish season only lasts a couple of month.

 

It is kind of interesting how we rationalize certain animals. For me hitting a bear is one of my biggest worry since I love bears. Obviously, I am trying my best to avoid any critter that runs out into the road, but some of them are easier to chalk off to things happen then others. A while back I swerved for a porcupine that was trying to cross the road in front of me. Luckily I had room to go around it and the porcupine turned to go back, but it looked like I had run over its tail. When the tridem of the trailer went by it looked like it got a dose of it's own medicine and it got a sharp object poked in the rear.
On a funnier note I saw a nice grizzly sow with a cub on my last trip North just outside of Haines Junction, YT and the cub made me laugh. The cub kept standing up on his hind legs to see better over the grass and he started to hop and kept tipping over. I slowed to crawl to watch them and the mama bear was giving me the stink eye. I knew if I would stop they would run off so no chance to get the phone out for a little movie.

 

What? Was Santa making one last pass before landing In North Pole?

 

That would be my vehicle of choice too. One of the guys that runs to Alaska has hit two good size Moose now at 60+mph with the Magnum bumper and no damage to his 379. Both of the moose would have probably totaled the 1999 truck by the time the insurance would have paid for towing and repairs.

I am probably one of a handful that has managed not to hit a moose (yet) while running to Alaska exclusively. I had several close calls on my last few trips and definitively sleep a little easier now that have installed my moose bumper. Next step is upgrading the factory sealed high beams to LED and get another set of Light cannons. They have come out with a 9" version that has a 3500' spot beam.