We had been to Alaska twice before. The first time we flew into Cordova and then by float plane to a floating cabin in Prince William Sound. On the second trip we flew into Anchorage, rented a car and explored the Kenai Peninsula, driving to Seward and Homer. Both trips were amazing, but we wanted to enjoy the experience of driving to Alaska while we were still young enough to do it. So on July 30, 2005 we set out in our GMC one ton extended van on a 33 day 5,700 mile trip that we will never forget.
You hear all of the horror stories about driving the Alaska Highway and you have visions in your head of flat tires and broken windshields. But once you get out there and actually do it, you will see it really is a great trip and the highway is, for the most part, like any other highway in North America (except for the scenery of course).
Our trip took us from our home in Donnelly Idaho to British Columbia, Banff and Jasper National Parks, north through Grande Prairie, Alberta to Dawson Creek, the official start of the Alaska Highway. At Watson Lake, Yukon we got real adventurous and followed the Campbell Highway north through the Yukon to Dawson City. We continued on to Fairbanks, Denali National Park, the Denali Highway, Valdez, and finally to Haines Alaska. In Haines we boarded the Alaska Marine Ferry and traveled the Inside Passage to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, then on the road again back to Idaho. Sit back and enjoy the adventure, including part of our photo log.
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