Alcan highway revisited

[Dennis Gelean (RIP)]

Good write up for the 2012 hwy trip in the last issue of MVPA magazine.
you pay all your own expenses, gas, oil, food, lodging etc but there is a $300.00 US registration fee for the trip. What is the $300.US for?

[maple_leaf_eh]

Originally Posted by Dennis Gelean

Good write up for the 2012 hwy trip in the last issue of MVPA magazine.
you pay all your own expenses, gas, oil, food, lodging etc but there is a $300.00 US registration fee for the trip. What is the $300.US for?

For the fuel caches.

[gary_bath_jr]

$300.00 WOW, that is crazy, When I was talking about this trip originally I was trying to get everything donated which I know I could have gotten a lot for the trip for everybody. I can't see paying 300 for fuel I will never use.

[Dennis Gelean (RIP)]

Maybe their could be a official word on fuel cache, explanation
The Alcan trip is the second of a proposed 10-year convoy program.
The MVPA board io Directors approved the Alcan convoy with the stipulation that it be self-supporting-that is, the costs be borne entirely by the participants", rather than MVPA funds underwriting the operation.

On another note, Passports are required at the Yukon/Alaska border.
ww2 is over.

[Harry Moon]

If you have never organized anything like this you might not appreciate the costs and manpower involved in setting it up. $300 is pretty reasonable for such a large exercise. The logistics of this international convoy are complex and require a lot of planning and coordination. The MVPA like everything these days is hard pressed financially and has made a reasonable decision that it be self supporting. Western Command is planning on having a convoy, too the start in dawson Creek. Vancouver Island and lower mainland to Dawson Creek about 1300 km's each way. We will pattern it after our Freedom Route Tours and stop at every Legion and military or veterans facility on the way. Once in the creek those that want to take the alaska route will and the others will Backtrack home. It's just a matter of logistics for us as it will be at least twice as long as any of our previous convoys even without the Alaska portion. It's the amount of time off most of us would have to take to participate. It would be herculean to figure we could get away with that trip in only a eek so that means 2 weeks. Then the alaska portion itself which could be 2 to 3 weeks itself.
Lots to do, lots of planning. Myself I might need a fresh motor for that trip even if i just haul it in the back.
Looking forward to it actually

[sapper740]

For starters, consider the distance travelled for those of us coming from Texas, and elsewhere in the U.S. which is an 11,000 to 12,000 mile round trip. Even at a conservative 10MPG we're looking at 1,100 to 1,200 gallons of fuel which works out to what?...$3,000.00 to $4,000.00? And that's just for fuel, so a $300.00 registration fee is but a pittance. As for fuel caches, which I haven't heard a thing about to date, $300.00 ain't gonna cover much.
My best guess is that the registration fee is to cover all the radios, batteries, fuel for the truck towing the maintenance trailer, liability insurance, tools, welder and welding supplies, logos, paper, printer ink cartridges, international phone calls, MVPA staff overtime, T-shirt and coffee mug for all participants, possible pre-trip recon of route, etc. etc.
As I said, t'is but a pittance.

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Derek.

Originally Posted by gary_bath_jr

$300.00 WOW, that is crazy, When I was talking about this trip originally I was trying to get everything donated which I know I could have gotten a lot for the trip for everybody. I can't see paying 300 for fuel I will never use.

[Harry Moon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfWdLs3PPm8

[gary_bath_jr]

Well Sapper when you put it that way I guess 300 is a mere drop in the ocean, since I have never been to an event such as this it sounded like a lot for my poor moth eaten wallet.