Alaska RV trip loop routes/planning resources
Planning a trip with our 3 boys who will be 17, 14, 8, to Alaska, Mid July 2020 for 3 weeks. We don't have time to drive there with our TT, so will fly, into Anchorage and hire a Motorhome. Prob spe...
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Again PA12 echos the same sentiments I'd tell you (not a coincidence since he's a local).
I found the NF campgrounds (mostly no reservation) on the Kenai Pen always full during the summer, although recall mostly just weekend trips to the KP.
There's a "secret" camping spot near Cooper Landing, up at Cooper Lake. Not far from town, but good bank fishing for Dollys and rainbows for the kids and "remote."
Of course only my opinion, but I would 100% RV the whole trip. Too much to see and do and things to get side tracked with that leave you doing "something" at 9:00 at night and you remember you forgot about dinner or getting back to wherever you had planned and there's multitudes of spots to pull off and spend the night in the middle of the woods if you're self contained.
Plus everything is so far apart that back tracking to a base point uses up alot of valuable time, miles and fuel. Speaking of which, the back tracking could be even more onerous if your route doesn't go by a fuel station.
Example, we spent 3 days between the Chitna River, Klutina and Copper river and never made it all the way up to the Kennicot mine, because we got side tracked fishing (reds were running and hit a couple lakes that a friend told us about) and exploring. Hung out with a guy running a fish wheel, etc. If we had a home base to get back to, it would have been inconvenient.
Worst part about this thread is I'd give my eye teeth to take a 3 week trip around AK again......
I found the NF campgrounds (mostly no reservation) on the Kenai Pen always full during the summer, although recall mostly just weekend trips to the KP.
There's a "secret" camping spot near Cooper Landing, up at Cooper Lake. Not far from town, but good bank fishing for Dollys and rainbows for the kids and "remote."
Of course only my opinion, but I would 100% RV the whole trip. Too much to see and do and things to get side tracked with that leave you doing "something" at 9:00 at night and you remember you forgot about dinner or getting back to wherever you had planned and there's multitudes of spots to pull off and spend the night in the middle of the woods if you're self contained.
Plus everything is so far apart that back tracking to a base point uses up alot of valuable time, miles and fuel. Speaking of which, the back tracking could be even more onerous if your route doesn't go by a fuel station.
Example, we spent 3 days between the Chitna River, Klutina and Copper river and never made it all the way up to the Kennicot mine, because we got side tracked fishing (reds were running and hit a couple lakes that a friend told us about) and exploring. Hung out with a guy running a fish wheel, etc. If we had a home base to get back to, it would have been inconvenient.
Worst part about this thread is I'd give my eye teeth to take a 3 week trip around AK again......
