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?
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We had a blast last summer. Left home in North Central WA state and returned early Sept. Around 8,000 miles traveled.
Some friendly advice for anyone going for the 1st time this year.
Take your time both when driving and at each destination along your planned route. Don't be stuck on a planned route. If you hear of or discover a really fun destination then go check it out.
We found that base camping for several days and doing daily adventures that we had planned to visit but due to really bad road conditions we opted to leave the 5'er parked and just take the truck for the day.
If you have the Kennecott Mine on your to visit list keep track of the Copper River salmon dip net season. It will be wall to wall people out at the river camping in every nook and cranny in the area.
Keep in mind during tourist season there are multiple RV Caravan's all visiting the State of Alaska. Generally 30 or less RV's but they have organized stops each night and can take over smaller RV parks. Lots of Class A groups, Airstream trailer folks and Class C RV's traveling together.
We stayed at some decent parks and some really dumpy ones during our 3 month adventure last summer. We stayed at one park just south of Prince George off Hwy 97. Owner was a super nice guy. One man operation but the site he assigned us was not acceptable. Due to rain there was half a foot of water where the picnic table and fire ring were located. There were lots of other open pull through sites so we just asked and moved to a dryer site.
One CG store we stayed at near Cache Creek wanted $18.00 for bags of cubed ice for our ice chest. Far as I know the two bags I wanted are still there since I was not a taker.
Beer and alcohol are very expensive in BC and the Yukon. Not unusual to pay close to $100.00 for a case of beer. The more remote the more it costs. In the Yukon only liquor stores sell beverages with alcohol in them. Beer, wine, hard liquor etc. So bring your piggy bank if you plan to drink adult beverages while traveling.
Eating out. It was not unusual to pay $60.00 CD for 3 of us plus tip for breakfast when we opted to go out for breakfast on occasion. I love reindeer sausage so any chance I got in the Yukon or Alaska to have some for breakfast I took it.
Everyone have fun this coming summer and watch for critters while you explore the Great White North.
Some friendly advice for anyone going for the 1st time this year.
Take your time both when driving and at each destination along your planned route. Don't be stuck on a planned route. If you hear of or discover a really fun destination then go check it out.
We found that base camping for several days and doing daily adventures that we had planned to visit but due to really bad road conditions we opted to leave the 5'er parked and just take the truck for the day.
If you have the Kennecott Mine on your to visit list keep track of the Copper River salmon dip net season. It will be wall to wall people out at the river camping in every nook and cranny in the area.
Keep in mind during tourist season there are multiple RV Caravan's all visiting the State of Alaska. Generally 30 or less RV's but they have organized stops each night and can take over smaller RV parks. Lots of Class A groups, Airstream trailer folks and Class C RV's traveling together.
We stayed at some decent parks and some really dumpy ones during our 3 month adventure last summer. We stayed at one park just south of Prince George off Hwy 97. Owner was a super nice guy. One man operation but the site he assigned us was not acceptable. Due to rain there was half a foot of water where the picnic table and fire ring were located. There were lots of other open pull through sites so we just asked and moved to a dryer site.
One CG store we stayed at near Cache Creek wanted $18.00 for bags of cubed ice for our ice chest. Far as I know the two bags I wanted are still there since I was not a taker.
Beer and alcohol are very expensive in BC and the Yukon. Not unusual to pay close to $100.00 for a case of beer. The more remote the more it costs. In the Yukon only liquor stores sell beverages with alcohol in them. Beer, wine, hard liquor etc. So bring your piggy bank if you plan to drink adult beverages while traveling.
Eating out. It was not unusual to pay $60.00 CD for 3 of us plus tip for breakfast when we opted to go out for breakfast on occasion. I love reindeer sausage so any chance I got in the Yukon or Alaska to have some for breakfast I took it.
Everyone have fun this coming summer and watch for critters while you explore the Great White North.
