July 24 – July 31, 2019 – Heading South on The Alaska Highway …
Tuesday 7/23: Departing our Escapers Rally Boondocking location is literally the turning point in our Alaska Adventure. We have been traveling North for months and today is the day we begin our turn-around point and start the long trek South again… We first must drive slightly North before connecting with the Alaska Highway in Tok, […]
July 2019 – Escapees/Escapers Alaska Convergence (Our 1st RV Rally) – Alaska Part 10
As we left Bear Paw RV/campground in Valdez, AK we stopped at the gas station for Mike to fill up with gas and propane. While filling our tanks Joanne walks to the adjacent Safeway Grocery Store to pick up a few things because our next stop will be our first Rally/Convergence at Isabel Pass, AK. […]
July 2019 – Valdez, AK & Prince William Sound – Alaska Part 9
7/16/19: Traveling to Valdez We departed Seward, AK for our next stop of Valdez. AK. In order to get to Valdez we had to back track all the way off the Kenai Peninsula and then turn Southeast again after driving through Anchorage. We again made the customary provisions stops in Achchorage like gas, propane, and […]
July 2019 – The Kenai Peninsula – Alaska Trip Part 8
Tuesday 7/9/19 -we depart Denali National Park and continue our Alaska adventure. Heading South we head next for the famous “Kenai Peninsula”. Our path first had to take us through Anchorage, AK. – We have discussed this stop many times and on the way down finally decide this will just be a provisions stop. We get […]
July 2019 – Denali National Park – Alaska Part 7
When we planned our Alaska trip the only reservation we actually made in advance for the entire 4 months was our campsite in Denali National Park. We were advised that Denali’s campgrounds really fill up, well in advance, and if we had any intention of camping within the park, reservations were a must. We departed […]
July 2019 – Fairbanks, AK – Alaska Trip Part 6
Heading South from our time in Chena Hot Springs the lone road from this area brings you back to Fairbanks, AK. We have clearly realized our favorite camping spots are usually off the grid, in more remote areas, though given we needed to catch up on some laundry and it was 4th of July weekend […]
June 2019 – Top of the World Highway – Delta Junction – Chena Hot Springs – Alaska Part 5
On Tuesday June 25th we planned to leave Dawson City, YT. We had actually scoped out the ferry a few days earlier to make sure we could maneuver over with no issues. We realized after watching several trips loaded, with a diverse set of rigs, that detaching the Mini and heading over separated would be […]
June 2019 – Dawson City, YT – The Dempster Highway – Inuvik/Tuk Highway – Alaska Part 4
Departing Whitehorse on June 17th, we continued North on the Klondike Highway for our next stop Dawson City, YT. The drive of 536KM would take us most of the day and really starts to show the vastness of this northern wilderness. Note: Before departing Whitehorse we had one more task to complete which was to […]
June 2019 – Northern BC & The Yukon Territory – Alaska Part 3
Continuing our trek northward our next stop brought us to St. George, BC. St George is the biggest city we had seen for sometime and although the weather wasn’t great while visiting the area we managed to stock up on provisions at a Costco in town. The only challenge was Costco’s in Canada don’t accept […]