Just beginning to do homework
Considering going to Alaska Summer of '22 and looking at tour/rally packages and if better to do trip on our own, or not at all. We are from East Coast so budgeting 2-3 weeks to drive out and back and...
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Caravan: Not our cup of tea. Don't mind the people to hang out with but we can find people to hang out with on our own. Keep in mind, if you have a major problem, they will likely contact a local shop but they aren't going to stop the group to wait for you.
As others have said, 2 weeks is way short. It's about 4300miles Philly to Anchorage...that's 310miles per day every day or about 6hr of driving per day. Even 3 weeks is hitting it pretty hard. A month would allow you to see some sights along the way and not feel like you are just driving and driving...
We are tentatively planning on the same trip from Michigan next year and we are looking at around 2 months (not counting a side trip on the Demster Hwy) to get to Alaska but we are planning to see the sights along the way (Yellowstone, Glacier, Banff//Jasper among other stops).
If we run out of time, we will look for a place to store the rig and fly out to return in 2023 and finish.
As others have said, 2 weeks is way short. It's about 4300miles Philly to Anchorage...that's 310miles per day every day or about 6hr of driving per day. Even 3 weeks is hitting it pretty hard. A month would allow you to see some sights along the way and not feel like you are just driving and driving...
We are tentatively planning on the same trip from Michigan next year and we are looking at around 2 months (not counting a side trip on the Demster Hwy) to get to Alaska but we are planning to see the sights along the way (Yellowstone, Glacier, Banff//Jasper among other stops).
If we run out of time, we will look for a place to store the rig and fly out to return in 2023 and finish.
