Roll Call Alaska 2013
Just thought I'd start a thread regarding who will be starting up to Alaska in 2013. It would be nice if we could share information so everyone has a memorable and safe trip. We will be leaving aroun...
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Our AAA Experience:
We used the AAA maps Alberta British Columbia and Alaska and NW Canada to map out our route. We also have the Western Alaska and Canada Tour book. All of these have useful information.
Then remembering the old strip TripTik with lots of useful information besides the actual road information we spent 2 hours getting the current TripTix. This new TripTix (526 pages for Canada and Alaska) has detailed road information but no other information unlike the former TripTiks. The road construction information might be useful if it’s current when we get there but overall I’m not sure it was worth the time spent especially if you have GPS.
You may know that AAA has phased out their camping related books and maps – if you have them treat them like gold. They now sell Woodall’s instead.
We bought the Woodall’s Far West AAA book for the member price of $3.99 which looks like a good compliment to Trailer Life, the Church book and the All Stays app on my iPhone (also online). I’d recommend this book and it covers Mexico to Alaska Western areas. Other states, Alberta, etc may be in other books. It does have a different page numbering system, for example pages 1615-1798 are missing. Apparently these are states, Alberta, etc in other books. I would have thought they would have just hit the page renumber button. But for $3.99…
We used the AAA maps Alberta British Columbia and Alaska and NW Canada to map out our route. We also have the Western Alaska and Canada Tour book. All of these have useful information.
Then remembering the old strip TripTik with lots of useful information besides the actual road information we spent 2 hours getting the current TripTix. This new TripTix (526 pages for Canada and Alaska) has detailed road information but no other information unlike the former TripTiks. The road construction information might be useful if it’s current when we get there but overall I’m not sure it was worth the time spent especially if you have GPS.
You may know that AAA has phased out their camping related books and maps – if you have them treat them like gold. They now sell Woodall’s instead.
We bought the Woodall’s Far West AAA book for the member price of $3.99 which looks like a good compliment to Trailer Life, the Church book and the All Stays app on my iPhone (also online). I’d recommend this book and it covers Mexico to Alaska Western areas. Other states, Alberta, etc may be in other books. It does have a different page numbering system, for example pages 1615-1798 are missing. Apparently these are states, Alberta, etc in other books. I would have thought they would have just hit the page renumber button. But for $3.99…
