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Tomorrow we leave Wisconsin heading to Alaska via our Winnebago View motorhome. I'll drive to Fairbanks over the next 10 days and the family will fly in to Fairbanks. From there we'll make our way down to Juneau over about 3 weeks where the family will fly home and I'll continue on via the...

Great post!!! Thanks for sharing. Both the fact about PFD's and the "peer pressure" at all ages (especially coming from a respected person like yourself). We have always wore our inflatable PFD's with the idea that when something does go wrong, you need to be able to fix the problem instead...

Thanks for the heads up on the new offerings. We pay $85/yr for $2500.00 towing coverage with Progressive. The Sign and Glide is just what I was looking for - no prepay/reimburse, no limit on towing, -- just call a number. Only problem is when I contacted Progressive they stated that my...

Damn, thankfully I'm a bit older and not as free with my money - otherwise that would be a great boat to purchase in SE Alaska and cruise back to the PNW and resell. We plan on taking our CD22 up to SE Alaska in 2015 & 2016 - might be cheaper to buy and resell this one. But I need to act like...

Last year we installed Goodyear Marathon's on our dual axle trailer. Drove 2000 miles to Vancouver with no problems.

We installed our charge controller under the sink in the cabin. You don't need to monitor the controller at all. From time to time I'll look at the lights to see what it is doing, but I use the Victron Battery Monitor to see if the solar is adding amps to the batteries. I'd definitely...

We use the RV much more than the CD22. We love both, but I count 1 week on the boat as about 4 weeks on the motor home (boat is much more of an adventure). Absolutely love to travel so both work for us. Currently boondocking in Albuquerque on RV with CD22 sitting in Blaine, WA waiting for our...

North Channel... folks spend the entire summer there anchored enjoying the wildlife, fishing, and the peace and quiet. One of our favorites. Have fun.

Here is our experience from last summer: We just went through this process when we towed our CD22 from Wisconsin to Blaine, WA. We had the boat in our slip in Sturgeon Bay, WI for about a month. When we pulled the boat out, the Wisconsin DNR had a voluntary "wash down" station with two college...

Great write up. I continue to think of how lucky we are to have tried the "big" boat first (32' Sundowner Trawler) and realize that big is very limiting. I would think if we had started in the CD22 we might get the itch for something bigger - thankfully we know better now. Best thing we did...

We have some friends that want to cruise the San Juan's this summer and would like to charter a boat out of Bellingham (or any port close by). Does anyone have recommendations for a boat charter company? - they would be looking for around a 30ft boat to charter for a week or so. Thanks for...

I might already know the answer to my question, but just want to verify. Our boat is currently in Birch Bay, WA and last year we launched out of Blaine and cruised up to Vancouver and over to the Gulf Islands. This year we plan to stay in the US and cruise the San Juan's. Would it be better...

RE: Will you be able to unload at low tides? I suggest you carefully read the Alaska Marine Highway website about load/unload at low tides. Ketchikan has 20 foot plus tides. Does the View motorhome have enough ground clearance? It looks low to the ground in the website photos. ===> The View...

This summer I'll be driving our View motorhome (no CD22 as we have it stored Blaine, WA) from Wisconsin to Fairbanks, AK. The family will fly into Fairbanks and we'll spend 3 weeks getting down to Juneau. The family will fly home and I'll take 2 weeks to get the motorhome to Vancouver and the...

Wow, folks do get riled up - its not like Tom was talking about the Green Bay Packers, it's just the Seahawks!! Just kidding - I'll be pulling for the Seahawks this weekend and we don't have a boat show because it'll probably be freeken snowing again!!! Go Hawks!!

Not necessarily a Seahawk fan (Packer fan), but a HUGE Russell Wilson (ex-Badger) fan and Darrell Bevell (ex-badger) fan -- so, GO Seahawks!!

I have no pictures, but we stored ours between the fuel tanks (just put it in a large garbage bag. We used shore power and the eu2000i a few times. We don't have it anymore, but cheap enough to repurchase if we need it again.

We are stuck in the middle - we have a 2006 Winnebago View on the Sprinter chassis. The tow capacity is 3500 and our CD22 is #5000. So, last year I used our 2010 F150 to tow the boat to the PNW and left the CD22 out there. Sleeping in the boat on the road and the truck on the way home was not...

Great article and Congrats on your retirement!

I agree, great post - love reading about other folks travels. Thanks for sharing.