First trip to Alaska
This may have all been covered in previous posts, but I have some questions about driving to Alaska in a Class A motorhome with a tow behind. What are road conditions like in Canada and Alaska? We'...
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Ernest wrote:tonyandkaren wrote:
Watch for the little orange flags on the edge of the road that mark the worst frost heaves and you won't get caught off guard very many times.
Unless you have time restraints take as much time as you can for the trip up and for touring in Alaska. Most people seem to head up early but we prefer to go after everything has melted and stay into September.
I see you are from PA; will you be going back this year?
We are planning on leaving on July 1.
No, not this year. We're from PA but we fulltime so we've never left from PA but we have come back to PA through Canada entering back into the US at the Minnesota/Canadian border which I wouldn't recommend because the gas prices are so much higher and Eastern Alberta,Saskatchewan and Manitoba are flat prairie and somewhat boring. Western Alberta and British Columbia are beautiful so if you can leave earlier it's worth spending time there before you go north to Alaska. There are also many beautiful parks in the western US that you'll pass close by as you head west.
Here's a link to our blog posts about Alaska - http://rollinginarv-wheelchairtraveling.blogspot.com/search/label/ALASKA Click the "Older Posts" link at the bottom of the first blog page to see more posts.
Have a good trip!
