rick deckert Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Spent winter in florida in our dolphin and now after being home for 3 months we are packing and doing final checks for our alaska trip! We are taking the rocky mountain route from montana to jasper park then to dawson creek which is the start of the alcan. Plan on being gone until 1st of september and we plan on taking a different route on the return trip. Staying with close friends in seward alaska who own a bed and breakfast in seward. We will be camping on there property and plan on taking in other parts of alaska as well. Looking forward to driving through alberta and britsh columbia it should be awesome trip! Then it will be back to florida for part of the winter months. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayakthecoast Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Enjoy! That's a trip I want to do for sure some day. Document your trip for us working stiffs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 You will enjoy this road trip. We took 4months in 2010 to do what you are doing. Going to repeat next rear. The alaska state fair in Palmer is the best, end of August. We liked Seward, Whittier, and Valdez the best. If you like clams there is good razor clam digging on the Keni. Make it a point to visit Dawson City if you can, the can can dancers are rite on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick deckert Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 hi all! made it to Seward Alaska in 8 days taking the rocky mountain route. went through Braniff and jasper park then on to Dawson creek start of the alcan hwy. saw lots of bears, moose, deer, bison and wild horses. best mileage was 16mpg and worst was 11mpg on windy days. traveled almost 4000 miles on our trip up and plan on different route going back in a month or so. weather in Seward has been good we are just in time for blueberries so its been muffins and salmon or halibut for lunch. fishing has been great with some big stringers of halibut, rockfish, cod, yellow eye. I have found out as before how much work it is reeling in fish from 200 feet of water. one of our friends from Montana made some clam chowder and it was excellent! max the dog let's us know when mama brown bear and her 2 cubs is around so we are not surprised at the campfire. scenery has been awesome the whole trip with lots of glaciers and snow capped mountains! well that's all for now! good travels to all! rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick deckert Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Hi all we made it home from our Alaska trip! Most scenic trip that anyone could ever ask for! Toyota ran great and only had to tighten power steering belt on the way home at Pink Mountain Canada! Best fuel mileage was 18mpg coming across Montana and North Dakota and worst was 11mpg when running into headwinds! We met a couple from Wales who live on a sail boat in Florida in the winter and travel summers in a 1991 toyota dolphin, they have put 80,000 miles on it since they have owned it and have been in 49 states and Canada. They absolutely love it and wish they could take it back to Wales when they go! If you ever get the time the Alaska trip rates up there as one of the ultimate road trips! Back to Florida in Jan. and then start thinking of where we will go next summer! Going to be hard to come up a location for our next trip! Any suggestions would be great! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineah Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 hi all! made it to Seward Alaska in 8 days taking the rocky mountain route. went through Braniff and jasper park then on to Dawson creek start of the alcan hwy. saw lots of bears, moose, deer, bison and wild horses. best mileage was 16mpg and worst was 11mpg on windy days. traveled almost 4000 miles on our trip up and plan on different route going back in a month or so. weather in Seward has been good we are just in time for blueberries so its been muffins and salmon or halibut for lunch. fishing has been great with some big stringers of halibut, rockfish, cod, yellow eye. I have found out as before how much work it is reeling in fish from 200 feet of water. one of our friends from Montana made some clam chowder and it was excellent! max the dog let's us know when mama brown bear and her 2 cubs is around so we are not surprised at the campfire. scenery has been awesome the whole trip with lots of glaciers and snow capped mountains! well that's all for now! good travels to all! rick That is some of the most beautiful land you could ever visit. I have friends in Standoff Alberta and Babb MT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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