ALONE: Our Risky RV Trip to Alaska - Is This the End of it All?

Today officially marks the start of the Stuart-Cassier Highway. Now, if you guys are planning a trip to Alaska, here's what you need to know. No joke, I can tell we're getting further north. Actually, for two reasons. One being the mosquitoes are, dang, they're attacking me. There's two main routes that will get you up there and most people end up taking the Alcan Highway, which officially starts in Dawson Creek, I think it's called. And two, I woke up at 3 30 this morning and it was starting to get light out. This is going to be a rough adjustment for the hanks. But if you're coming through the border from Washington, most likely you're going to be taking a highway that ends up at Prince George. It's a great stop, there's a lot of RV parks and you could stock up on food and whatnot and just kind of get your bearings. But from Prince George, that's where you need to make a decision. Are you gonna go left or are you gonna go right? I gotta update you guys now that I have you here. The Lippert leveling system is still acting up on us. Now you guys have been really patient with us in giving us some amazing suggestions in the comments. One that really caught our attention was somebody who had mentioned that maybe our previous battery was dead. We're going the way that everybody was like, Mimi, you should go the Alcan Highway. I don't know, the Stewart-Cassier Highway is a little... When we boondocked that one time on the level, maybe we did some damage to the battery and that's why it's been crapping out on us. On a map, it's Highway 37. It takes you from a town I don't know how to pronounce on Highway 16 and it takes you all the way up to pretty much Watson Lake area. With two brand new lithium batteries, she's still giving us issues. It's not even with the auto level, it's even with returning the hitch height or just making adjustments on our own and manual mode. There is a section of road that's gravel for about a mile or maybe a kilometer, something like that. I think because it's early June still that we're gonna see like some glaciers and a ton of wildlife. But now that we're somewhere in the Yukon of Canada, I don't feel like this is going to be addressed anytime soon. So it's going to make for some interesting content and adventures with you guys as we go along to Alaska. Not only are we going to give you the ins and the outs of this highway, but we're also gonna test trial first come first serve stays at provincial parks throughout Canada. Gotta keep it spicy in the Hanks household, you know what I'm saying? You guys know what we're saying. You guys are spicy people too. That's why we're here together. That's why we're friends. Now provincial parks are pretty much the same thing as state parks in the U.S. The only thing is a lot of them are only first come first serve. I believe you can reserve some ahead of time, but you know with the Hanks, we're not doing it that way. We're just going to show up. By the way, yes you. I'm talking to you. You guys look great today. Just throwing it out there. Something else we're learning is that there is like no cell service this entire drive. But this is exciting because there is not a lot of content out there on YouTube about RVing the Stewart-Cassier Highway. And we're gonna do it. Come on. I just can't wait. I came to check the tire pressures on the truck this morning. What do you know? They're reading over four or five hundred PSI. Welcome aboard. I'm Captain Carl. We're gonna be cruising around an average speed of 60 miles per hour today. Fasten your seatbelts folks. On this flight, yes snacks are included. So everyone just calm down in the back. or the road less traveled. Nevertheless, we made the decision to the path of Fuel stations are few and far between and roadside services are but a distant hope in case of emergency. The Stewart-Cassier Highway undoubtedly has more scenic views and chances to see wildlife. But at what cost? With no backup fuel reserves and no spare parts for our RV, we stand vulnerable to the perils of breakdowns. Will we even see many other RVers on this road? Only time will reveal the truth that lies hidden in this mystery. Holy mackerel, Canada is massive. Dang. Uh, oh okay. I found white horse actually. Wow. Surprised myself on that one. Hey, there's like a hot springs campground or something like that we'll stay at. They literally have hot springs there. Oh, there it is. Okay, hot springs. Never mind. Found it. Okay, you want me to call them? When are we looking to come in? Sunday? We'll probably get there like Sunday evening. All right. Giving them a call. Hello. Good noon. Hot Springs Campground. Hi, I was calling to see if you guys have availability for two RVs coming up starting on Saturday. Sunday, sorry. Okay, and how many RVs? Two RVs. Okay, sure. I appreciate it. Okay, great. Um, yeah, what information do you need from me? Um, if you want to make a reservation, I need a name, a phone number, and we just take a $10 deposit per site. Easy enough. I didn't catch your name. Michelle. Michelle. Okay, thanks for your time, Michelle. Absolutely. Have a good day, Carl. You too. Bye. Okay, Carl can make a reservation once in a while. Nice, look at you go. You know what you're doing. You're the navigator. I hate this. It's navigator in training. I don't want to ever be navigator again. I would just rather drive. They're both very important rules and I feel very out of my element right now. Like what dates are you coming in? I don't know even what day it is right now. I barely know what month we're in right now. I don't know what country we're in. Hardly know what country we're in. Are we there yet? Is that bridge gonna accommodate us? Hey Siri, what is 13.6 feet calculated into meters? Okay, this was not the smart way to go about things. Don't make the same mistake that we did. Jot down some vital information ahead of time. We learned it the hard way. Without serious help, we would have been stuck in a sticky situation. So prepare ahead of time to avoid any of these potential crises. Help yourself by writing these calculations down and have them within arm's reach. A great way to do this is just by taking some quick notes in your phone. That way you can have them when you need them the most. Would you like me to convert 13.6 feet to meters? It's 4.15 meters. 4.15. We're good? Yeah, it's 4.8 or 4.1. That was close. I'll put you at this playground so I can get the salt and vinegar out of you. I'm gonna join them and get some of my vinegar and saltiness out of me too. I'm just not having a good day. Well, you got up at five. Do you want to share why you got up at five and you want to go there? I'm not gonna names when he's on the rear driver's side floor. It's just an accumulation of events here. Just kind of one thing after another and I spilled coffee all over myself today. What you're trying to say is travel days aren't sunshine and rainbows? Come on. Come on, let's go for a walk. Let's get out of the yard. Make sure this water pump is off. Boom. I always seem to forget that when we stop and use the restroom. Never leave the water pump on because that could lead to some bad situations. Speaking of bad situations, man, I'm just having an off day today. I can't get it under grits. We've had the check engine light came back on. It initially got addressed back in California. Came back on. I think it's a glow plug issue. Called the dealership and they said don't sweat it. Just get it addressed later on. They said as long as it's not flashing or showing that the power of the truck is actually killed or throttled back you're okay. That was a little bit of a relief and then on top of that the trailer, the seven-way pit connector, it's plugged in but it's been intermittently like beeping and I'm talking to like 20 or 30 times during the drive days. I've taken a wire brush to it and I don't know. We're just in the midst of figuring all that out as well so it's a bummer. I'm trying not to be hard on myself because we're in a middle of a beautiful country seeing new things and I'm having these down days and you know what? I guess that's just the way life goes sometimes. If you're also having a down day don't be too hard on yourself either because I'm right there with you but we're gonna keep the positivity coming. I just want to let you guys in on the scoop because you always help me feel better about myself. I mean you guys keep me in check and I love that about y'all. Sounds like these crazy kids down here are just having a blast. I want to go join them. Get some sunshine. Vitamin D, you know what I mean? I love you guys. This guy. What's this? What is he? Who's the guy he always reminds me of? Bradley Cooper. Bradley Coop. That's right. The Coops. The Coops. Who do I look like? Anybody? They always say you look like Ernest goes somewhere. Ernest goes to Canada. Oh yeah. I see it. What a kick. It's the eyebrows. Give me Ernest. That sucks. You got Bradley Cooper and Ernest goes to jail? Come on. Are you serious? But you know what? A darn sexy one. Ernest goes sexy. We'll just leave it at that. That's pretty. That sounds like travel plans. I guess I'll take over driving now. Please, yes. Finally. Back in my comfort zone. We are just venturing more and more into the wilderness. We're currently still on Highway 16. We haven't even officially hit the Stewart-Cassier Highway which is 37. Highway 37 is the official start to a very desolate road that we don't know what's going to happen on. Everyone talks about how intense the Alcan Highway is and we decided, yeah, let's not even mess with the Alcan Highway. Let's go somewhere that's even a little bit more rough. It's just getting through this highway and I'm nervous but excited at the same time and I'm glad you guys are here with joining because you're going to learn a lot and if you're watching this because you want to know if it's worth it for you guys to take your RV on this highway, well we're going to bring that information to you so you might want to strap in. Canada, you're looking beautiful but I will say it looks like it gets a little cold up here. Anybody who's watching who's Canadian is probably shaking their head like yes Nene. It gets very cold, yes. Some of you guys said that you wintered in your RV in Canada and I just think there should be some kind of gold medal for you guys. That's winter RVing gold olympics right there. So we seem to be running into an issue. Our trailer seven-way plug dashboard keeps saying trailer disconnected, connected, disconnected, connected and it only lasts like half a second where it connects again. Who knows where the issue actually lies but if we find out we'll let you guys in. We just get to listen to it jingle every so often in here. It's very pleasant. I mean it's putting Dexter to sleep. There's always something with the RV life. There's always something. It's like before you can fix one problem there's something else. It's almost five o'clock and it's out of first comfort surf campground. I think we're a little in over our heads here Nene. Oh someone's got to use that's a that's a running to the restroom situation right there where he's jumping in the rig after pulling over. When you gotta go you gotta go. We can't show everybody where our money is. Our Canadian money. They are our peeps. I think we can trust them. No 12 and 19. The only ones available. We're only here for one night. These are the zibidae. Electricity. I would like some electricity. I don't know about you guys. We're here. We're going to go up this way. We're going to take a left at the first Y. We're going to check out what this looks like. Okay. Oh yeah yeah and then we'll take a left kind of look around. Sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure, sure. Is this relatable? You get to like a campsite and it's kind of like semi don't panic but at the same time figure out what's going on. We get that very frequently when we just show up to places. We're like don't know what to do but we got to figure it out. You know how it goes. Oh my gosh the pollen is all in the truck. Okay the difference between like American state parks and Canadian state parks. I'm just going to call it a state park because provincial is too much for me. Is that like usually you pull up to a a ranger station and then you're just like I need a campsite. Here's how big my site my rig is. There's nobody here. Not yet. They're going to be by later. I'm also guessing um if it's like officially reserved there'll be a sign on it. I think this pull through is open. Okay it's not on the list so I think you're good there and then this pull through is open. So we'll just take this back in right here you think? Unless you want to pull on the pull through with us. All right this is where we're going. So as you can hear Salty Bridges is piping up more which is normal. Usually our bellies start rumbling which they kind of are. Wifey's calling. You hear her stinker? Your son is out of control. I'll bring him to you. You just wait right there. Yeah because I got our peeps with us watching us back in too. Oh yeah. They love giving us the extra pressure don't you guys? Here we go. I just like to go really nice and slow. Make micro adjustments as I go. Look at this. Follow through, follow through. So you have to cut it more do it again. Cut it a little bit more. Sometimes you just need a little bit more of an angle. What's your angle? A little bit more. At least you have a nice driver's line back in. Do you want me to angle my butt more towards the passenger or the driver? Driver. Driver? Okay. Uh right there. Right there? Okay you heard it. You heard it from the boss. Oh now you piper down. This is why we always preach don't unhook until you look. See? The steps would have come down and hit this if we. Great. So that would have been a pain if you completely unhook thinking oh we're great. That's why you have a great team because I kind of walked around to check everything out and grab my level and I saw the rock and I was like we cannot unhook. Guys it's finally happening. Next Thursday we officially embark on our perilous journey along Canada's loneliest highway to Alaska. While you eagerly await its arrival be sure to click and delve into some of our most watched videos. We guarantee you're absolutely going to love them.