At 1/30/2009 10:55 AM, Ellen wrote: >Never too soon to start gathering ideas for this! After the >five-week, 7000-mile cross-country trip last fall (which went fairly >well) I am anxious to take Lola up to the GREAT LAND on a four week >jaunt this summer. Any input is welcome, as well as potential >traveling partners. I feel traveling up to Alaska is different than >around the lower 48 in that there are fewer resources should >something go wrong. I am open to traveling in a group of Vanagons, >as opposed to just myself. Places that are on my must see list are >Anchorage, Denali, and Fairbanks. Everything else is negotiable. I >am located close to Portland, Oregon. > >TIA, > >Ellen >Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI Sounds like fun but probably not this summer for us, we are heading down to San Diego for Comic Con and probably out to Mesa Verde and the Grand Canyon. Anyway, I went to MS Streets and trips, start and stop in Portland and optimize the stops you listed. Fairbanks, Denali Park and Reserve, Anchorage. 5300 miles and 12+ days of driving (with the default 9-5, eight hour drive day). It really sounds like fun.
Rob becida@comcast.net '91 VW Jetta & an '84 Westy in western WA |
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