Vancouver, BC to Alaska info needed

DesertHawk wrote:

tsimtcu8 wrote:
The good news is there are 2 of us and we are young so covering ground is what we like to do. On our drive from Texas to BC we once covered the distance between Trinidad, CO and Boise, ID in one day no problem.

If you plan on using your Chevrolet Silverado Crew Cab 2500HD Duramax Diesel Allison Transmission with A.R.E topper should make it much easier in either driving the route or not bad for taking the ferry up and/or back. No worries about being too tall, just have to figure the length. We have an A.R.E topper on a 8' bed, my wife & I did a couple of nights in the back of it this past April/May. If younger it wouldn't be too shabby for touring Alaska (if it had the walk-in-door in back it wouldn't be bad at all even at our age).

Sounds like you two could do well in crossing country quickly, especially if you drive in shifts & if the one not driving sleeps while on the fly, one might be able to never stop except for fuel. Might want to get fuel whenever it can be had.

Should have plenty of light for it, more & more daylight as you go north.

Might want to estimate the cost of fuel per mile (kilometer, I assume in Canada) vs the cost of taking the ferry vs cost of flying & cost of sleeping arrangements (their seems to be some hostels in Anchorage) & rental cost.

But having your own wheels & bed is always the nicest (to me at least).

Thanks - great information. Based on the feedback we are planning a ride up on the ferry since we only have a short time and then a drive down south. Yes we're using our Chevy/ARE setup and have gotten pretty comfortable with it so we're excited to expand our territory a little bit. Thanks for all the feedback!