New e-book about Chris, the Stampede Trail, and Magic Bus
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:52 pm
Hey everyone,
I'm a writer, who just recently published a long essay/tiny book about how the Magic Bus, over the years, has become a pilgrimage destination. It's 9,000 words, contains pictures, it's $3, and it's called "The McCandless Mecca."
http://www.amazon.com/The-McCandless-Mecca-Pilgrimage-ebook/dp/B00DPMYXFS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1374010577&sr=8-3&keywords=ken+ilgunas
Some things you may not know about the Stampede Trail/Magic Bus:
-There are ATV and Jeep tours along the Stampede, as well as dog-mushing and $1,300 helicopter, yes helicopter!, tours that will take you straight to the bus's door.
-Currently, the natural gas industry is surveying the Healy Basin for potential fracking sites, including a good portion of the Stampede Trail, all the way up to the Savage River.
-There are ongoing discussions among Alaska State Parks for turning the bus into a recreation area, where people can camp and see the bus. Other gov't entities have had similar ideas. In 2004, for instance, the Park Service and Department of Natural Resources proposed plans to pave a 90-mile road along the Stampede, where, at the site of the bus, there’d be a fee station, a developed campground, and a “defined parking area for automobiles, RVs and buses.” In another scenario, there’d be a maintained trail with a footbridge over the Tek and cabins by the bus.
I'm a writer, who just recently published a long essay/tiny book about how the Magic Bus, over the years, has become a pilgrimage destination. It's 9,000 words, contains pictures, it's $3, and it's called "The McCandless Mecca."
http://www.amazon.com/The-McCandless-Mecca-Pilgrimage-ebook/dp/B00DPMYXFS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1374010577&sr=8-3&keywords=ken+ilgunas
Some things you may not know about the Stampede Trail/Magic Bus:
-There are ATV and Jeep tours along the Stampede, as well as dog-mushing and $1,300 helicopter, yes helicopter!, tours that will take you straight to the bus's door.
-Currently, the natural gas industry is surveying the Healy Basin for potential fracking sites, including a good portion of the Stampede Trail, all the way up to the Savage River.
-There are ongoing discussions among Alaska State Parks for turning the bus into a recreation area, where people can camp and see the bus. Other gov't entities have had similar ideas. In 2004, for instance, the Park Service and Department of Natural Resources proposed plans to pave a 90-mile road along the Stampede, where, at the site of the bus, there’d be a fee station, a developed campground, and a “defined parking area for automobiles, RVs and buses.” In another scenario, there’d be a maintained trail with a footbridge over the Tek and cabins by the bus.