Roll Call Alaska 2018
Okay...I know 2017 hasn't even taken off, but those of you that remember me from Roll Call 2013 know that I plan well ahead of time, lol. 4 years is way too long to go without being in Alaska so we a...
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Well, if you don't use credit cards our trip was around $30K for 3 months away from home. Stuff isn't cheap on the road up north. Fuel, tours, supplies, RV Parks. When breakfast is $40.00 if you eat out. I enjoy reindeer sausage for breakfast when I'm up north. You go through the money. We took $4K with us and brought back about half of that but used CC's for everything we could. Then 2 weeks after we got home left on a month and half trip on a cruise around the Panama Canal and spent 3 weeks touring around the SE states where the cruise terminated. I cashed in $2,000.00 the second day in BC at a Credit Union for Canadian currency. A nearby bank wouldn't give me the time of day as I didn't hold an account with them.
I also recommend Gwennie's Old Alaska Restaurant in Anchorage for breakfast. We stopped there on our way north from the Kenai to Denali N.P. Had heard it was a must visit. Food was good, portions were plentiful and staff was friendly. gwenniesrestaurant.com/
Also if you stay in Tok, AK there is a very small cafe just west of town on your way to Anchorage. Roughly a mile & 3/4 out of town on the right. Easy to miss. I've been there half a dozen times when transiting the area and have missed it a couple times and had to turn around to find it. It's a mile or two out of Tok. https://www.sourdoughcampground.com/ I have not stayed at the campground but when you turn right off the highway into the campground it will be on your left, just off the highway. Small place. 1.75 miles out of Tok.
If you'ld like a nice change from American pork sausge and bacon try the Reindeer sausage at these two establisments.
Also a great dinner place outside Fairbanks in Fox Alaska try the Turtle Club. Excellent meat and seafood with a nice salad bar. I've eaten there a half dozen times and been disapointed with the food and service. Always an enjoyable evening at the Turtle Club. Note: It's in the sticks and will suprise you when you find it. Highly recommend reservations. It seats a fair number of customers BUT is busy due to it's great reputation.
Okay, I'm done with my cafe and restraunt reviews. The above are just some of my favorites when I lived in Alaska or return for a visit. Enjoy. Summer of 2016 I returned with my SO and her mother and gave them the grand tour of the interior of Alaska. August of 2017 we did SE Alaska on a Princes Cruise so they could see the completely different part of Alaska. The Panhandle. Both trips were a blast that they will remember for ever. SO and I plan to return in a couple years taking our truck camper and head further north to Univik N.T. along the Artic Ocean and Prudoe Bay. I've been half way to Prudoe Bay in the past on the Haul Road but didn't have time to make it all the way north.
Also worth a visit is the Kennicott Mine https://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/historyculture/kennecott-mines-national-historic-landmark.htm.
We opted to stage at a small RV park on the Hwy that heads east off the highweay between Glennallen and Valdez. Not very big, nothing fance but we didn't want to drag our 5'er on the road out and back to the mine. Also left it there when we did a day trip to Valdez. Used the small park as a base camp and took day trips to locations we wanted to visit in the area.
http://www.alaska.org/destination/mccarthy
George
I also recommend Gwennie's Old Alaska Restaurant in Anchorage for breakfast. We stopped there on our way north from the Kenai to Denali N.P. Had heard it was a must visit. Food was good, portions were plentiful and staff was friendly. gwenniesrestaurant.com/
Also if you stay in Tok, AK there is a very small cafe just west of town on your way to Anchorage. Roughly a mile & 3/4 out of town on the right. Easy to miss. I've been there half a dozen times when transiting the area and have missed it a couple times and had to turn around to find it. It's a mile or two out of Tok. https://www.sourdoughcampground.com/ I have not stayed at the campground but when you turn right off the highway into the campground it will be on your left, just off the highway. Small place. 1.75 miles out of Tok.
If you'ld like a nice change from American pork sausge and bacon try the Reindeer sausage at these two establisments.
Also a great dinner place outside Fairbanks in Fox Alaska try the Turtle Club. Excellent meat and seafood with a nice salad bar. I've eaten there a half dozen times and been disapointed with the food and service. Always an enjoyable evening at the Turtle Club. Note: It's in the sticks and will suprise you when you find it. Highly recommend reservations. It seats a fair number of customers BUT is busy due to it's great reputation.
Okay, I'm done with my cafe and restraunt reviews. The above are just some of my favorites when I lived in Alaska or return for a visit. Enjoy. Summer of 2016 I returned with my SO and her mother and gave them the grand tour of the interior of Alaska. August of 2017 we did SE Alaska on a Princes Cruise so they could see the completely different part of Alaska. The Panhandle. Both trips were a blast that they will remember for ever. SO and I plan to return in a couple years taking our truck camper and head further north to Univik N.T. along the Artic Ocean and Prudoe Bay. I've been half way to Prudoe Bay in the past on the Haul Road but didn't have time to make it all the way north.
Also worth a visit is the Kennicott Mine https://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/historyculture/kennecott-mines-national-historic-landmark.htm.
We opted to stage at a small RV park on the Hwy that heads east off the highweay between Glennallen and Valdez. Not very big, nothing fance but we didn't want to drag our 5'er on the road out and back to the mine. Also left it there when we did a day trip to Valdez. Used the small park as a base camp and took day trips to locations we wanted to visit in the area.
http://www.alaska.org/destination/mccarthy
George
