This was a trip of a lifetime, with several other RVs and friends from my RV world.
Our trip started on June 5th, 2023 with Teresa Crawford and Marty Russell. Sue Morgan and friends Jackie and Marco met us in Fairbanks, before we went to Denali. Teresa left us when she met her son in Anchorage and went on her own way. Sue and friends left us in Tok so they could take the Alaska Marine Highway ferry from Haines back to Bellingham. Marty and I continued traveling from Tok to Dawson City, Whitehorse, Skagway, ferry to Haines, back to Whitehorse then down the Cassiar Highway and eventually back to Ferndale in Washington State on September 3rd. Marty, Teresa, Sue and I met through the Escapees Solos RV group.
This map tracks our entire journey. Click on the map to open
a high resolution version in a new tab, full screen, so you can zoom in and out.
Here are all the Travelogues for this trip. These were all published on Facebook. While traveling in BC, Yukon, and Alaska, I just didn’t have the internet coverage to do anything more complicated. I have made them all public so anyone can view them and share them. You will have no problem viewing them if you have a Facebook account. In fact you may have seen some of them already. I published a third of them after returning home!
For those who don’t use Facebook, I have found a way to let you view them even without a Facebook account. You should be able to click on any link below and Facebook will let you view it, but you won’t be able to leave reactions or comments. It may try to get you to enter a Facebook login, but you can just ignore that. Just close the login window and view the pictures. There may be some Facebook banners at the top and bottom of the page, just ignore.** Please contact me if you are not able to view all of the photos — Facebook could change this feature without any notice.
** Some folks have had trouble viewing on a cell phone. I have had no problems on iPad or Windows PC.
NORTH TO ALASKA
ALASKA BOUND 2023 #1 – June 4 – 9: Days 0 to 5. Off we go! Through BC to Dawson Creek
– with Teresa and Marty Russell
ALASKA BOUND 2023 #2 – June 10 – 12: Days 6 to 8. ALCAN highway north to Liard Hot Springs and Watson Lake, Yukon
ALASKA BOUND 2023 #3 – June 13 – 15: Days 9 to 11. Watson Lake to Whitehorse YT
ALASKA BOUND 2023 #4 – June 16 -18: Days 12 to 14. Whitehorse YT to Alaska!
SIDE TRIP TO VALDEZ
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #5 – June 19 – 22: Days 15 to 18. Tok to Valdez to Paxson Lake
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #6 – June 23 – 25: Days 19 to 21. Delta Junction
FAIRBANKS
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #7 – June 26 -28: Days 22-24. Fairbanks, Pioneer Park
– Sue Morgan and friends joined us
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #8 – June 28 – July 1: Days 24 (cont) – 27. Fairbanks: Riverboat and Chena Hot Springs
2023 ALASKA Travelogue #9 – July 2: Day 28. Crossing the Arctic Circle with Sue
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #10 – July 3rd – 6th, Days 29-32. Fairbanks, 4th of July, Carlson Center, heading south toward Denali Highway
DENALI AND ANCHORAGE
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #11 – July 7th – 9th, Days 33-35. Heading toward Denali
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #12 – July 10th – 12th, Days 36-38. Denali National Park
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #13 – July 13th – 18th, Days 39-44. From Denali to Anchorage
KENAI PENINSULA
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #14 – July 19th – 21st, Days 45-47. East Kenai Peninsula: Seward AK and Exit Glacier
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #15 – July 22nd – 25th, Days 48-51. West Kenai Peninsula: Anchor Point and Homer, AK
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #16 – July 26th, Day 52. Boat trip around Gull Island, from Homer Spit, AK
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #17 – July 27-28th, Days 53-54. West Kenai Peninsula: Ninilchik and Kenai
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #18 – July 29th- August 6th, Days 55-63. Kenai Wildlife Center, Cooper Landing, Whittier, COVID, Talkeetna
NORTH – TOP OF THE WORLD HIGHWAY TO DAWSON CITY, YUKON
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #19 – Aug 7th -9th, Days 64-66. Matanuska River, Hatcher Pass, Palmer AK, Matanuska Glacier
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #20 – Aug 10th -14th, Days 67-71. Chicken AK, Top of the World Highway, Dawson City Yukon
BACK IN ALASKA: SKAGWAY, HAINES, and BEARS
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #21 – Aug 15th -18th, Days 72-75. From Dawson City, thru Yukon Territory, then BC, and Skagway AK
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #22 – Aug 19th, Day 76. White Pass Scenic Railway Excursion from Skagway
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #23 – Aug 20th-21st, Days 77-78. Skagway
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #24 – Aug 21st-23rd, Days 78-80. Bears, near Haines AK
FINAL LEG OF OUR TRIP WITH A FEW BUMPS…
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #25 – Aug 22nd-27th, Days 79-84. Haines AK, back to Whitehorse YT, Watson Lake YT (not planned), Cassiar Hwy (planned), Dease Lake BC
ALASKA 2023 Travelogue #26 – Aug 28th-Sept 4th, Days 85-92. OOPS, Dease Lake BC, Smithers BC, Fraser River Valley, END OF TRIP, HOME
END OF TRIP – WHAT A FABULOUS EXPERIENCE!!
My miles: …………. 7850*
Miles towed: ……. 372
My Total miles .. 8222
*included exploring without the trailer
Marty’s miles: … 7639