alaska 2015 - which route - again
I messed up my first post by using the wrong mileage, which in turn messed up everything else. we are planning a trip to Alaska this Summer. I have been looking at two different routes. Route 1...
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This really seems to come down to Economics or Scenery (or Both)
Economics-wise the more miles you drive in the USA the cheaper the fuel.
I drive US Hwy 2, to and through Williston (ND Bakken Oil Fields) almost daily, sometimes as far as Glasgow MT and have no problems. HWY 2 in ND is 4 lane and very good. Traffic is not heavy by the standards of even most medium sized cities in the US.
However the same distance heading NW through Canada would be much more scenic. But more expensive on a per mile basis due to the higher cost of fuel.
In actual fact the stretch of HWY 52 NW of Minot is at least as heavily trafficked by large trucks as HWY 2 and it is only 2 Lane most of the way. This is a big border crossing for Train Crews and Truck Traffic and can take a while depending on Day/time.
Hwy 2 in ND cannot be classified as SCENIC by any measure of the word.
Economics-wise the more miles you drive in the USA the cheaper the fuel.
I drive US Hwy 2, to and through Williston (ND Bakken Oil Fields) almost daily, sometimes as far as Glasgow MT and have no problems. HWY 2 in ND is 4 lane and very good. Traffic is not heavy by the standards of even most medium sized cities in the US.
However the same distance heading NW through Canada would be much more scenic. But more expensive on a per mile basis due to the higher cost of fuel.
In actual fact the stretch of HWY 52 NW of Minot is at least as heavily trafficked by large trucks as HWY 2 and it is only 2 Lane most of the way. This is a big border crossing for Train Crews and Truck Traffic and can take a while depending on Day/time.
Hwy 2 in ND cannot be classified as SCENIC by any measure of the word.
