Alaska May 1st, north or south first?
We plan on being in Alaska about May 1st, only because we wont have the patience to wait any longer! We're retired and have all summer....would it be better to head to Valdez, Seward and Homer/ferry t...
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Ernest wrote:gemert wrote:
We are going this summer also. Leaving FL April 1st and entering Canada June 1st. Only reservation are Big Bear (or is it Grizzly Bear?)at Denali for the 4th. See ya on the Rd. We have no other clues where or when we will be anywhere.
Would recommend Teklankia campground in the Denali park. It's about 35 mile in and requires a 3 day minimum stay. If you have a senior pass it will cost about $95 for 3 day including unlimited use of the bus.
You'll get to drive in and drive out saving at least 1.5 hours on the bus each way. As well as you can stop and see the wild life. We loved it.
Its my understanding that you can only drive in (you can stop along the way) and then out when your stay is over. DW wanted to stay at Teklankia this time, so we just reserved sites (going with two other rvs). Camping fee with senior pass was $12.50/night. There will be four of us in our camper and bus pass was about $34/person. More than I was expecting. I don't remember paying for bus ride six years ago, when we were at Denali.
We made the mistake of heading down toward Homer on the 4th of July weekend last time and turned around (thought lobster season in Keys was bad).
