Wife and I are planning a trip up the Alaska Highway late this summer. Just the two of us, in a Rav4. Plan to stay at motels, B&Bs, cabins, whatever. Plan to leave mid-late August, come back mid-September. We want to go when the bugs aren't quite as bad, but not so late in the season that we'll run into bad weather. Driving from Minneapolis to Fairbanks, then visiting Denali, Kenai Peninsula, then driving home. We thought about taking the Alaska Marine Highway ferry on the return, but opting instead to drive both ways. I have all the maps I need and bought the latest edition of The Milepost. I have a good idea what's along the way for services.
I am interested to hear if anyone else here has driven it. Any good tips, what you liked, what you'd do differently, etc. Have some favorite sights to see, parks, good restaurants, breweries, favorite lodging along the way? Any particular gear you brought along that was helpful?
We'll be heading west through Montana, then up through Calgary, Edmonton, then northwest to Dawson Creek and up the Alcan. On the way back maybe take the Cassiar Highway in B.C. for a change of scenery part of the way, go through Prince George and Jasper on the Yellowhead Hwy., then home the same way through Alberta, Montana, ND. We've done many cross-country driving trips, but this will be our most ambitious.
Hopefully, there will be some trees left in Alberta and B.C. after these fires.
I am interested to hear if anyone else here has driven it. Any good tips, what you liked, what you'd do differently, etc. Have some favorite sights to see, parks, good restaurants, breweries, favorite lodging along the way? Any particular gear you brought along that was helpful?
We'll be heading west through Montana, then up through Calgary, Edmonton, then northwest to Dawson Creek and up the Alcan. On the way back maybe take the Cassiar Highway in B.C. for a change of scenery part of the way, go through Prince George and Jasper on the Yellowhead Hwy., then home the same way through Alberta, Montana, ND. We've done many cross-country driving trips, but this will be our most ambitious.
Hopefully, there will be some trees left in Alberta and B.C. after these fires.