We just finished the run from Georgia to Anchorage in our Lance 865 TC. It was great. One heck of a lot of piney type trees on a long, long road, with intermittent spectacular sites and lots of furry animals. Stop and enjoy vistas and noteworthy turnouts every chance you get. Not sure of your cell phone service but we didn't have any and thoroughly enjoyed not having it. Most CG's we stayed at had wifi.
Make sure you acquire a Milepost book and Church's Alaska camping book. They were lifesavers for us on our run last month up the Alaska Hiway. Most of the roads are pretty good. Stop in Whitehorse at the visitors center for updates on the last 100 miles which has the most frost heaves. We averaged 25 mph on that stretch.
Always drive on the top half of your tank and avoid dropping below half a tank and you should be fine. Milepost will identify gas stops. Be prepared for expensive fuel.
Along the way we had no problems with the F250, but I broke one water line at the connection to the bathroom sink associated with road roughness/vibration, lost a bolt connection on the rear awning, and had to readjust each cabinet door. I caught one rock in the windshield but luckily it did not crack. Loose gravel and rocks are a problem with passing trucks. All in all it was not too bad. Duck tape as usual was a temporary fix.
Road surfaces are primarily gravel on tar surface treatment. We only found hot asphalt mix paved roads in the bigger cities. But they are for the most part well maintained. I estimate we ran on about 80 miles total on dirt with no pavement that was under construction. Other than delays on those stretches (one lane pilot car segments) the dirt segments were actually pretty smooth. But they were dusty.
Toad River was our favorite way station and campground. Fell in love with the place. Some folks dry camp and just pull off at turn outs and have no problems. Momma and I like it a bit cushier and hit the full service campgrounds along the way. The tanks on our TC are small and I like the water supply and sewer connections at full service CG's. We pushed it a bit hard trying to do 360 per day and that was a bit hard. I'd have like to have moved slower but I have ants in my pants trying to get somewhere and we needed to get to Anchorage.
Good supply stops are places like Wal-Mart in Dawson Creek and Whitehorse. Have a good camera ready and take lots of pics. You'll have fun and make lots of memories.
We experienced one major crisis. The biggest overall problem we had is that as southerners we are sausage and biscuit and grits type folks being form the south. We didn't stock enough biscuits and sausage , ran out and had withdrawal symptoms by the time we hit the Canadian border. We had to learn to eat cinnamon roles lest we turn into skeletons. Unfortunately we are now cinnamon roll addicts and may have to enter some program to get off of them.
