Roll call Alaska 2017
I will try to get to Alaska next year, dreamed about it for years. Anyone else planing a trip for next year?
Forum Discussion
jmckelvy wrote:
We've been thinking of taking the ferry system (multiple intermediate stops) either going up or coming back.
Any recommendations on ferry up or ferry back and why you prefer a particular direction?
As noted, I've not taken the entire Inside Passage as a single trip, but have done the legs over several years. Thoughts I'd offer:
- It is likely that most RV'rs will travel in "summer or late summer" and not true "Fall"
- Having done a few legs in the fall (i.e. mid-September onwards), the weather can get downright ugly;
- Not only can that ugly weather make the ride on the water less enjoyable, but (while I happen to like stormy vistas), the ugly weather can obscure the scenery signficantly.
Going North in the early summer, the ferry trip is not immune to bad weather, but much less likely than at the end of summer or Fall.
....so maybe take the ferry up and drive back. This also minimizes some of the disruption from RV sites and related services starting to close down.
