Roll Call Alaska 2018

2gypsies wrote:

bobkatmsu wrote:

2gypsies wrote:
Not every person who drives an RV to Alaska gets their RV trashed. We didn't with our 40' motorhome. Guess it depends how you drive. We also had plenty of options for big enough campsites. It was a wonderful summer!

We will be traveling to Alaska in a 43' motor home towing a Jeep. Can you give me some ideas of where to go and where not. In that size rig, that we want to keep nice. We plan on being in Alaska from Memorial Day until Labor Day.

We entered Canada at Sumas, Washington and continued northward on up the Alaskan Hwy. We returned via the Cassier Hwy and then headed to Jasper and Banff and back in the U.S. near Glacier Nat'l Park.

We traveled all the paved roads and if you look at a map of Alaska there are basically loops. We also did the Top of the World Hwy which is partially paved. We went to Teklanika campground in Denali Nat'l Park - the farthest one can drive and it's unpaved. We had no problems finding boondocking spots - some unpaved. Even though roads are marked paved on maps, you'll definitely find areas of construction so you'll be on unpaved areas and some are long areas.

We just took it slow and enjoyed the scenery. On some of the unpaved sections of construction there isn't much traffic so if you see an oncoming vehicle - especially a truck - we had ample time to pull to the right as far as possible and sometimes even stopped completely if no one was behind us.

We really had no issues and no damage. We didn't have the full width, stiff rear 'rock' guard, only the stiff flaps behind our wheels. When we got to Whitehorse we saw some folks actually removing their stiff rock guards claiming it was throwing rocks at their toad's windshield. They showed us and indeed, there was a layer of large rock laying at the base of the windshield. We didn't have this.

Purchase the Milepost for maps and history and Mike and Terri Church's book, 'Alaskan Camping' which includes Canada and the Yukon. That's all the reference you'll need. Don't rely on the Milepost for good camping information, The Church's book also has boondocking spots and they give what size RV will fit in the sites. They lived in Fairbanks and traveled back and forth all the time so they know the places to stop.