Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:33:57 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska trip NOT!
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Don't forget Bethel.I lived there 3 years. No
trip to Alaska is complete without seeing the
non-tourist Alaska. If you fly over the
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta you'll wonder why they
don't say "1,000 lakes" on the license plates.
BTW, the wildlife taking refuge there to fear is
the State Bird, the mosquito.
Robert
1982 Westfalia
Alaska, where a gringo is a gussuck (or a
Guzyk?!!)
Sorry, I could'nt resist.
--- Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM> wrote:
> Even if it costs you $1,000 more than it would
> have cost last year
> it's still worth the trip....ask anyone who has
> done it.
>
> Alaska (and the Yukon/BC) is incredible in the
> summer. Long days,
> lots of nature.
>
> Thousands of places to stealth camp for free.
> Cook your own meals to
> save money...you've got a Westy, use it! Also,
> you will smile to
> yourself every time you see a 45 foot motorhome
> filling up.
>
> Things we liked on our trip (all on the
> Canadian side):
>
> Liard Hotsprings northern BC near the Yukon
> border. Rustic hot
> springs in the middle of nowhere.
>
> Atlin BC, an hour off the ALCAN but a neat
> little town, worth
> visiting, especially if you can take the
> glacier tour by small
> airplane. The plane ride over glaciers was the
> highlight of our
> trip, well worth the money.
>
> Dawson City, Yukon. The site of the "Alaska"
> gold rush. Great
> museum and wonderfully restored gold rush
> buildings. In the late
> 1890's Dawson was the biggest city west of
> Chicago and North of San
> Francisco.
>
> The scenic Dempster highway north of Dawson,
> stay below 50 MPH and
> you won't blow your tires. Drive up the Artic
> Circle marker or all
> the way to Inuvik which has a great municipal
> campground.
>
> Top of the World highway between Dawson and Tok
> Alaska, very scenic.
>
> Photos from our trip in 2002 (scroll down to
> the Canada area)
>
http://www.pauldottrip.com/index_northamerica.html
>
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