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Steve and Dianne Colibaba 1 day, 1 hour ago.
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This forum is for anyone thinking about RV’ing to Alaska. A place where we can chat and plan.
If anyone is wanting do the Alaska Trip in 2017 we sure would like to follow them. We in North Carolina but we can meet up anywhere. We can be contacted at 252-341-6779. Its as posted Lola and Rush. Gosh that’d be so cool to do with a group. Hope someone wants to.
We are retired as of July 1st. 2015.
We are planning to go July and Aug 2017. We are thinking to be gone 4 – 6 weeks once we get to Dawson Creek (mile 0). We live here in BC so have a bit of knowledge of the area we will be driving thru. We also have several friends who have gone to Alaska who are very willing to share info with me. The one thing we are repeated being told is to take your time, don’t rush, stop lots.
We welcome all concerns, ideas, questions, tips to help this trip to become a wonderful experience.
So if you are thinking about such a trip stay tuned and join in the conversation.
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Lauren.
Our trip to Alaska began in June 2013 and took us 3 months and we could have easily used 4. Remember it’s not only the destination but also the journey getting there.
I highly recommend a visit to Dawson City Yukon via Top of the World hwy which will take you through Chicken AK. Because this was a long gravel road we left our rig in a campground Tok AK and stayed in a hotel for 2 nights. I don’t recommend towing a large rig on this road but we saw many doing it, probably with regret. Our route was from the Vancouver, BC area returning via the Stewart Cassiar hwy.
Whitehorse Yukon was a surprise, we ended up spending a week! It has scenic hiking trails along the Yukon River, museums, paddle wheeler, plus the train trip to Skagway, AKis a must.
If your returning via the Stewart Cassiar hwy and visit Hyder, AK. (weather permitting) check out the Salmon Glacier in BC. It’s awesome!
As far as when to leave and return that will change yearly depending on the weather. Many of the lakes up north might still be frozen in May and snow is always a possibility. Fall colours start in August in the far north so September at the latest for returning.
Check out our Alaska blog for tips on places to stay and visit.
And finally not to be a downer on anyone’s plans, but I wouldn’t take our rig (home) on this trip again. We had $2600 in damage to our suspension which in turn ruined 2 tires. If I was to do it again I would buy a good used Class C or a camper and sell it on our return. RV rental is far too expensive for a trip that long. Don’t get me wrong, most RV’s we saw were big Class A’s and 5th wheels, however cracked windshields and broken suspensions are not uncommon. Most smaller RV’s we saw were rented by Europeans. Just my opinion
Safe travels!
Check out “White Pass & Yukon Railway’ website. Sounds like a must do.
It was one of the highlites of our trip!
Diane did get into Juneau? A friend told me about her trip Skagway via ferry to Juneau. In her mind it was a must do, your thoughts please
Lauren we didn’t make it to Juneau. We are 66′ long so ferry trips weren’t in our budget. We did check into taking a ferry back down the coast instead of returning via the Stewart Cassiar hwy but that was really expensive. We really enjoyed the Stewart Cassiar route where there are a few lake front provincial parks. If it’s within your budget go for it.
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