Roll Call Alaska 2015
I know its early but we have been planning for the past 3 months. I know its another 15 months at least till we leave but we are just going crazy... So here is our very rough plan overview. Leave mid...
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After 16 weeks and 15183.8 miles traveling with our Arctic Fox truck camper, we arrived home from our Alaska trip this afternoon. We traveled west through Canada and back east through the US. Highlights include the Canadian Rockies, Northwest Territories, Dempster Highway and Dawson City in Yukon Territories, Denali Highway, 4th of July in McCarthy, Kennecott, Valdez, Haines and Skagway, Stewart/Hyder, Vancouver, Seattle, North Cascades National Park, Grand Coulee Dam, Virginia City and Nevada City in Montana, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Badlands National Park, Duluth, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
We found that the dirt roads were often better than the paved ones. The frost heaves definitely made for a bumpy ride, but if you were paying attention, and drove at a reasonable speed for the conditions, they really weren't that much of a problem. Generally we felt the Canadian roads were better than the US roads. We drove on roads in upstate New York that were just as bad as the roads in Yukon.
We stayed in campgrounds most of the time (a mix of public and private) with a few nights of boondocking. We really enjoyed the Yukon Government campgrounds. They don't have a lot of services, but they are inexpensive, in beautiful locations with nice sites, and have free firewood.
We had a fantastic trip but we are glad to be home.
We found that the dirt roads were often better than the paved ones. The frost heaves definitely made for a bumpy ride, but if you were paying attention, and drove at a reasonable speed for the conditions, they really weren't that much of a problem. Generally we felt the Canadian roads were better than the US roads. We drove on roads in upstate New York that were just as bad as the roads in Yukon.
We stayed in campgrounds most of the time (a mix of public and private) with a few nights of boondocking. We really enjoyed the Yukon Government campgrounds. They don't have a lot of services, but they are inexpensive, in beautiful locations with nice sites, and have free firewood.
We had a fantastic trip but we are glad to be home.
