Roll call Alaska 2017

Golferdave78 wrote:
We are looking at doing Alaska from Atlanta in 2018.
I assume we won't have any issues navigating our 2015 Dutch Star through Canada and Alaska.
Hopefully by then we'll be towing a jeep
Any advice??
I am trying to read as much as I can and get as much input before we make the trip

You will have absolutely no problems on any of the roads with your Dutch Star. There are no low tunnels to worry about. Semis travel the roads all the time.

Get Mike and Terry Church's book 'Alaskan Camping' which includes Canada, also. It's all you need to plan your trip. It will give you RV parks, public campgrounds and great boondocking spots and the sizes of the sites.

Also get the Milepost which is great for the history and maps. We kept both books open all day. We took turns driving and reading the history to each other. :)

The only reservations we made were for the July 4 weekend (Alaskans like to camp, too) and for 5 nights in Denali's Teklanika campground. For those we only made them a few weeks prior when we could better judge when we'd get there. As it turned out we were early for Denali so on a whim we boondocked nearby at a beautiful spot and pulled into the park early morning. We easily secured a spot in Riley Creek campground without a reservation. We spent 10 nights in Denali and saw 'the' mountain 7 of 10 days and every one of the big five critters in the park - more than once. We were in Denali mid-August - colors starting and the firewood at its peak - beautiful!

It really is an easy trip - just long. Don't think of it in terms of the total mileage. Break it into a day at a time and it won't seem so bad. It shouldn't be a rushed trip. Take it nice and slow and explore Canada and the Yukon, too. Some places are just as lovely as Alaska.

Have fun planning!