Just beginning to do homework
Considering going to Alaska Summer of '22 and looking at tour/rally packages and if better to do trip on our own, or not at all. We are from East Coast so budgeting 2-3 weeks to drive out and back and...
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Sounds like the OP has a plan: couple of thoughts FWIW
- As noted, for summer / shoulder season travel, there's nothing unduly challenging about driving from L48 to Alaska. FWIW, in a 35' class A, I'd recommend planning on a fairly slow pace from Dawson Creek onward...but in years past, hundreds of Class A's come up the highway to AK; it's not a trip to Ultima Thule.
- 2022 might be more crowded than "normal", but "crowded" or not is a matter of viewpoint and always a crapshoot. If 2022 is your timeframe, that's your timeframe.
- Careful driving and a good pre-trip inspection are strong recommendations, but that's not any different just because one is going to Alaska.
- Even in the summer, it's worth (IMNSHO) traveling on the top 1/3 - 1/2 of your fuel tanks.
- Only the OP can evaluate the pro's and con's, but: it will be a slower trip pulling a toad; and a toad will be quite convenient in Alaska if one is spending more than a day or so at any particular location.
- As noted, for summer / shoulder season travel, there's nothing unduly challenging about driving from L48 to Alaska. FWIW, in a 35' class A, I'd recommend planning on a fairly slow pace from Dawson Creek onward...but in years past, hundreds of Class A's come up the highway to AK; it's not a trip to Ultima Thule.
- 2022 might be more crowded than "normal", but "crowded" or not is a matter of viewpoint and always a crapshoot. If 2022 is your timeframe, that's your timeframe.
- Careful driving and a good pre-trip inspection are strong recommendations, but that's not any different just because one is going to Alaska.
- Even in the summer, it's worth (IMNSHO) traveling on the top 1/3 - 1/2 of your fuel tanks.
- Only the OP can evaluate the pro's and con's, but: it will be a slower trip pulling a toad; and a toad will be quite convenient in Alaska if one is spending more than a day or so at any particular location.
