Minimum Time to Visit AK from San Francisco?
I'm going to read everything in here, but thought I would just ask a quick question. What's the minimum amount of time I would need to make a trip to Alaska and back, starting in San Francisco? And ...
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There's as much to see in Canada as there is in Alaska. If you're just going to blast through there driving ten hours a day, why waste the money on diesel and your time? If you're not interested in seeing Canada, then leave the MH home, fly to Alaska and rent a MH.
Yes you can do it in four weeks, just slow down and see Canada also. We brought our DP from the driveway in Portland, OR to driveway in Anchorage in 99 hours which included driving (slowly) one night with 3" of snow on the front end. When we took the DP south, we took four weeks.
Four weeks is all you have so come on up an enjoy it. I'd look at it as a scouting trip and with plans to come back a second time. On the second trip I'd load the MH on the Alaska Marine Hwy. I'd book it coming north and taking the MH off in each town for 3 - 5 days until the next ferry shows and then move on up to the next town. Then spend as long as you want in Alaska and enjoy a leisurely trip south through Canada. There's no problem putting large MHs on the ferry, they put tractor trailers on and off in each port.
Bill
Yes you can do it in four weeks, just slow down and see Canada also. We brought our DP from the driveway in Portland, OR to driveway in Anchorage in 99 hours which included driving (slowly) one night with 3" of snow on the front end. When we took the DP south, we took four weeks.
Four weeks is all you have so come on up an enjoy it. I'd look at it as a scouting trip and with plans to come back a second time. On the second trip I'd load the MH on the Alaska Marine Hwy. I'd book it coming north and taking the MH off in each town for 3 - 5 days until the next ferry shows and then move on up to the next town. Then spend as long as you want in Alaska and enjoy a leisurely trip south through Canada. There's no problem putting large MHs on the ferry, they put tractor trailers on and off in each port.
Bill
