Trip Reports · September 2011
Alaska – There and Back
Now that I have been home for a number of weeks and had time to process the photos from our trip north it is time to start writing about it. I also needed to give my seat some time to recover from the long hours in the saddle. My travel time away from home was 37 days which in itself was a new experience. My total miles driven for this excursion was 9300. Add the additional 1466 miles traveled by ferry and the trip total is well over 10,000 miles.
The general itinerary followed the basic route detailed here:
- Colorado Springs to Seattle
- to Vancouver Island
- to Prince Rupert, BC
- to Juneau
- to Haines
- to Haines Junction
- to The Denali Highway
- to The Dalton Highway
- to Denali NP
- to Seward, AK and the Kenai Peninsula
- to Anchorage
- to Dawson City
- to Inuvik
- to Dawson City
- to Colorado Springs
Over the next month or so I will post details and photos of each stage of the trip.
I am seriously thinking about doing this same trip this year I have a 2007 FJ. Did your FJ hold up, any problems?. How about expenses? any advice you can give would be greatly apprecited. Also would like comments about the Alaska Marine Highway.
Thanks,
John