Roll Call Alaska 2016
I have been planning this trip for 4+ years. It is now time to update my estimates and make my reservations. Estimate Wash/BC border about 5 May 2016, north on route 97/1/2 to Tok, south to Valdez...
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If your interested in our expenses to travel to Alaska we tallied the cost of our trip home from Rhode Island, to Anchorage.
I will break it into two sections U.S cost, and Canada.
RV is a Navion IQ 24V we average 15.8 mpg running mostly at 65 in the US and 60 from FT. St. John. Hopefully I didn't miss any fuel stops.
Rhode Island to Sweetgrass Mt. - Diesel $432 U.S.
S. Dakota State parks - about $25 a night $150. It is actually a little more because they charge a $2 dollar fee for phone reservations and $7 non resident fee; make all your reservation at the same time and these become one time fees. One night in the Bad lands four nights in S. Dakota Custer State park. One night Palisades State Park. Boondocked or rest stops for over nights while driving across country. Pennsylvania rest stops are great no one bothered us at all. If your in Ohio on I80 they have special areas for you to stay at their service center, they do charge at some for the electric if they have it.
We spent some time in Indiana running around Amish country stayed in a Pilot, way out in the back.
Sweetgrass Mt. to Anchorage - Diesel $554 U.S.
In Canada we use currency rather than credit cards, mostly due to a problem a few years ago.
Provincial parks - Alberta is $16, Yukon is $12 Canadian.
Private RV parks - are anywhere from $25 to $45 I did find one full hookup for $40.
Stayed in Flying Js in Alberta, they do have some parks but not anywhere near where we were when we would stop for the night.
We only stayed one night in a park at Liard Hot Springs $16 including access to the Springs, no showers so you need to bring your own. Most of the Provincial parks were still closed so we Boondocked the rest of the trip. Information centers can't seem to tell you if any of the parks are open or closed, Liard and PINE LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK were both open.
Diesel - $432 + $554= $986
overnights - $166
Food and play time not included but then we mostly hike, shoot photos, and eat simple.
I will break it into two sections U.S cost, and Canada.
RV is a Navion IQ 24V we average 15.8 mpg running mostly at 65 in the US and 60 from FT. St. John. Hopefully I didn't miss any fuel stops.
Rhode Island to Sweetgrass Mt. - Diesel $432 U.S.
S. Dakota State parks - about $25 a night $150. It is actually a little more because they charge a $2 dollar fee for phone reservations and $7 non resident fee; make all your reservation at the same time and these become one time fees. One night in the Bad lands four nights in S. Dakota Custer State park. One night Palisades State Park. Boondocked or rest stops for over nights while driving across country. Pennsylvania rest stops are great no one bothered us at all. If your in Ohio on I80 they have special areas for you to stay at their service center, they do charge at some for the electric if they have it.
We spent some time in Indiana running around Amish country stayed in a Pilot, way out in the back.
Sweetgrass Mt. to Anchorage - Diesel $554 U.S.
In Canada we use currency rather than credit cards, mostly due to a problem a few years ago.
Provincial parks - Alberta is $16, Yukon is $12 Canadian.
Private RV parks - are anywhere from $25 to $45 I did find one full hookup for $40.
Stayed in Flying Js in Alberta, they do have some parks but not anywhere near where we were when we would stop for the night.
We only stayed one night in a park at Liard Hot Springs $16 including access to the Springs, no showers so you need to bring your own. Most of the Provincial parks were still closed so we Boondocked the rest of the trip. Information centers can't seem to tell you if any of the parks are open or closed, Liard and PINE LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK were both open.
Diesel - $432 + $554= $986
overnights - $166
Food and play time not included but then we mostly hike, shoot photos, and eat simple.
