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Re: Cassier Hwy in mid-September
Much thanks to joe b, sue, and hawk for all your suggestions. We will definitely follow them as we venture forward. Camping for the past 3 months, we have yet to dry camp so I guess this will be our first experience doing that along the Cassiar. Any provincial park you would recommend over others? For water - where do we fill our water tank before camping? Do most gas stops have that available? I realize that some of my questions are a bit basic, but I have yet to have to do this as we have always stayed at full service rv parks.412Views0likes0CommentsRe: Cassier Hwy in mid-September
Thanks Hawk. We will be coming from the north (Watson Lake). Glad to hear that most everything will be open, but not so good on road conditions. I guess we will just have to take our time. I was hoping we could make the Stewart area on day one and then the rest of the way day two. Is that posiible, or should we plan on taking a couple of days to get to Stewart? I wonder if the bears are still around in Hyder for viewing this late in the year. Any idea? We will be in Valdez on 9/12 and plan on leaving either 9/15 or 16. Then to Tok, Beaver Creek (or further if Hwy is in better shape between Tok and Beaver Creek), Whitehorse (will spend 2 nights), then Watson Lake. So, it looks like we could begin the Cassier on 9/21.414Views0likes0CommentsCassier Hwy in mid-September
For all you Alaska/Canada travelling pros, would you have any advice for us traveling the Cassier Hwy around September 20th? I know its getting late in the fall so I was wondering about services such as gas, camping (full service type), etc. being open that late. Who would we check with or where to find out what's open and what's not during that timeframe? Thanks in advance for your help.3.4KViews0likes8CommentsRe: Nails in Tires from Top of the World
Thanks Joe. I will call as you suggest. We will be in Valdez until 9/15 or 16 so should be in Chicken by the 18th. That is the plan anyway. I'll call while in Valdez to find out status of border patrol and TOW Hwy. Thanks again for your help.456Views0likes0CommentsRe: Nails in Tires from Top of the World
Thanks for th info Joe b. What is your recommendation as to driving TOW in mid September? I really want to take this route but am extremely nervous from all the negative feedback we've heard this summer about the conditions of the route. Also concerned about customes closing on us so we can't get to Canada, but I gess I can check on that status when we get close (in Tok)?).456Views0likes0CommentsRe: Nails in Tires from Top of the World
It is September 6 and we are in Seward. Planning on leaving on Sunday for a couple days in Homer, then head north and east toward Tok. We would like to do the TOW hwy sometime around September 18 from the Chicken side. My concerns are (1) road conditions this time of year (generally of course); and (2) I have heard many horror stories about this road, so should I be concerned about towing a 23 foot travel trailer over this road with a 2 wheel drive vehicle. Please, if anyone has first hand knowledge of road conditions as of this date of posting, and advice/recommendations as to taking this route, I would appreciate hearing from you. Joe B, I would especially appreciate your advice as I know you have taken this route many times and perhaps as late in the year as mid-september. Thanks456Views0likes0CommentsRe: Best RV Parks to stay in Alaska
Thanks everyone for your input. Yes, I do have the Church's Alaskan Camping Guide, the Mile Post, and lots of other maps/guides, but I was wanting to hear from folks who have actually camped at sites in AK, Yukon, BC, and AB to get first hand recommendations on specific campgrounds. You all have given us several to consider and some we had actually checked out on line already. Thanks again for all of your suggestions. I really like the more primitive cgs like ones you suggested and will try and stay at some of those. They tend to be more scenic and definitely less costly. We don't have a generator so not sure if that will limit us with primitive camping. I guess as long as we don't need the AC we should be fine. We'll be leaving on July 8 so are pretty excited. Plan on spending about 3 weeks in SE AK, then the rest of our time will be in YK, AK interior (and Kenai Pen), BC and AB, before heading back home in mid to late September.487Views0likes0CommentsRe: Traveling in AK, BC, and AB in September
Thanks all for your input and suggestions. Most appreciated. Any suggestions on generators to buy? Honda is very expensive. One another question - Is there any "winterizing" we need to do if we are traveling in AK and Canada during the month of September? Do we need to be concerned about our pipelines in our TT freezing and breaking?387Views0likes0Comments
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