GREAT ALASKAN HOLIDAY SPRING ADVENTURE 2013 IOWA/ALASKA

cwcawcAL wrote:
I have not checked into the milepost as yet, bur I have all ready cut out pages
from Woodalls Campground book. Take only pages dealing with trip. Plus Woodalls
is now available on Ipad, if have wifi.

The campground book you really need is Mike & Terri Church's "Alaskan Camping" which covers BC and Yukon, also. They have lived in Fairbanks and regularly travel there personally checking out the campgrounds. They even give great dry camping spots. You can get it on Amazon and other sites. Also, get the TourSaver 1/2 price coupon book BEFORE you begin your trip as there might be something in it you'll want to do on your way up. One glacier cruise will pay for the book. It's available online. We loved Stan Stephens tour out of Valdez. Have a great trip. Wish we were going again!

Thanks 2Gypsies, Churches Camping and TourSaver look good. I did load the Milepost to Ipad and looking it over. Have been reading a lot but sort of slowed downed for a while.
And Skicrusier, we are new and will be one day ahead of you.
ccjohnson, thanks for another journal to read.
I have read several, from different years. Made a few notes. I will have plans and a route made, then also plan to to flexible, and hope we're blessed with a good trip.

Cecil

Grandma Carol, loved your journal. I hope to do this one day with lovely bride!

RV'RS wrote:
...We were unable to wait for GAH to send The Milepost, so we went online at Amazon and purchased the 2012 issue for $20.00. We also purchased a 2013 atlas and therefore did not have to pay shipping. My understanding is GAH will send The Milepost after the first of the year and hopefully it will be the 2013 issue....

FYI, the newest edition of the Milepost typically doesn't hit the streets until early Spring (like March or April), so don't expect the new one by mid-January. That said, typically not much of any real substance changes year-to-year, so you should be fine planning and even traveling with a 2012 edition.

Count us in for the 2013 Iowa to Anchorage trip, although we don't leave forest city til the 12th. It's our first trip, so we have a hefty stack of books and several lists. We're working on our route now. So far it looks like we are the only ones on here leaving on the 12th. I have certainly enjoyed reading GrandmaCarol's blogs. Thanks for sharing them!

Rv'ers,

The Milepost that GAH will be sending out to everyone that signs up for 2013 trip will be the 2012 Milepost. This is our 5th year doing this trip and I usually pre-order the newest Milepost each year from Amazon for about 20 bucks. They are updated each year, so the updates in the 2013 version will be from the Milepost reviewers travels in 2012. The winters can be wicked and so the road conditions can change from what you will find in even the most recent version of the Milepost. The group that's does the updates is out on the roads each spring/summer season and try to keep the MP as up to date as possible. Enjoy!

SkiCruiser wrote:
... We keep saying that this our last trip but the call of Sue T.'s country is too strong! Her new pictures make me think about the Yukon on a daily basis! ...

Oh dear ... I'm terribly sorry to be such a nuisance. Maybe I need some legalese to reduce my liability for distractees. :B

I have some more time on my hands so will be finishing up the 2012 entries soon. And of course, starting on 2013!

Sue T,

Not a nuisance at all! I so much enjoy your pics and info about your Yukon! Since I have to work even when I'm on vacation, I look forward to the pristine silence and limited connection to the outside world when I am in the Yukon. It is the one time on vacation that I truly love. Being a Florida girl even the spring in the Yukon is chilly for me. I can't imagine the winters. Kluane, Boya, Meziadin are places that we have stayed in due to you're website and someday when we retire I hope to try out some of the other places you have introduced me to! Thank You!

SkiCruiser - what are the musts that we need to advise these newbies on the GAH trip to pick up at the local grocery store near the Winnebago factory? I was thinking today about how wonderful their sausage is! Wasn't there something else we made sure we stopped there to get? (And I sure do agree with you about the great info we've gotten from Sue.t - as well as Murray!)

Happy New Year Grandma Carol!

Got our contract from GAH last week! It will be time to leave for MSP before we know it! We have not decided on our route yet! Every time I pick a new route, part of it doesn't open until June. So, other than the Cassier I'm still working on which way to go!

As for the grocery store in Forest City, we have never stopped there. We always seem to end up at a Walmart Supercenter somewhere along the way.

Will miss seeing you this, since this will be our last GAH trip, for a few years at least, since there are a few other places that we want to see - like the Four Corners area and Italy.

Have a great summer!