Forum Discussion

RV_RS's avatar
RV_RS
Explorer
Aug 26, 2012

GREAT ALASKAN HOLIDAY SPRING ADVENTURE 2013 IOWA/ALASKA

We have just been confirmed for the Great Alaskan Holiday Spring Adventure 2013 from Forest City, IA to Anchorage, AK (leaving May 10th). Although we have travelled Canada and Alaska by air, rail, and water, this is our first road trip through Canada. Would love to hear from anyone that is booked for 2013 as well as those of you who have made the trip in the past.

67 Replies

  • 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.
  • It's great to see ya'll as excited about your trip as we were this time last year! Unless they change things, we've always gotten the Milepost from the previous year. (I suppose they get a bargain that way!) So for our 2010 trip we had a 2009 milepost, and in 2012 we had a 2011 milepost. I tore out all the sections that I knew we wouldn't use in order to save luggage space.
  • Hi RV'Rs,
    Sent you email. Sounds as though you will have travel companions. Choosing same routes, etc?
    I am going to have curb my reading, wait til Jan-Feb after we get the next packet.

    Look forward to the trip as well as meeting other travelers.

    Cecil
  • Hi cwcawcAL,
    Glad you're a part of the 2013 trip. Last Friday, we moved our 9:35 A.M. orientation to 10:35 A.M. to be with my brother and sister-in-law. Otherwise, we would have been with you.
    I agree, Carol's journals are wonderful and provide extremely detailed information that is certainly needed.
    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.
    I have reached out to several other past participants in the Sprng Adventure program and all have been so kind to share their experiences and resources.
    If you would like to reach out to us by e-mail, it is sjdestes@gmail.com and I'll keep you posted as we gather information.
    Look forward to hearing from you.
    Terry & Sylvia Estes
  • We are also now confirmed for the 2013 trip from Iowa to Alaska, friday may 10 9:35 orientation. And a big thanks to carol for all the usefull info already.
  • We just did the 2012 Spring Adventure and had a wonderful time. Here is a link to our itinerary I just posted.

    http://www.mytripjournal.com/travel-700539
  • You are going to have a FANTASTIC trip!!!! If you're interested, here are the links to our previous trips. 2012 - http://www.mytripjournal.com/cjnky and 2010 is at http://www.getjealous.com/cjnky (go down to Spring Adventure on that one) Feel free to message me if you have questions because it's my favorite travel topic! cjnky42211 at yahoo.com