1oldtruck wrote:
I would like to make a trip to Alaska with the family before the kids are too old to go with us. How much time is reasonable to spend in Alaska? Two weeks?
Keep in mind this would have to be done on vacation time from work. Travel time from Florida would also have to be taken into consideration. I am thinking a minimum of a month for the trip.
Has anyone out there done this?
I have considered flying the family out and driving the truck and camper to push the trip through the U.S. This would save time on the trip out and back. We could travel the lower 48 later on.
Thoughts or suggestions?
I ran this thru my Trailer Life 'mapping' program.
Since I do not know where in FL you are, I used Ocala as a starting point. Driving from Ocala, FL to Fairbanks, AK via the Alcan hwy, driving 12 hours a day at 65 mph, it showed it would take 13 days round trip. 9400 miles. Of course this does not include any stops for sight seeing, etc. etc.
Costs - fuel at $4.50 per gallon and 20 MPG = $2100 for fuel.
So you might have 2 weeks actually there. That is really pushing it.