Alaska Planning

Not to worry about DUI. I've never had one. I'm always the designated driver.

We do have one commitment in mid-July that will mean we have to be back and reset in order to meet that commitment. This trip will certainly last longer than 30 days. I expect 45-50 days when all is said and done. I know it will be a lot of driving, however, I don't see us waiting even longer with the increased probability that we would not be able to make the trip at all. We may have to shorten it a bit by eliminating Anchorage (just turn around at Denali) to save a couple of days. We may also need to only have short visits with our daughters. We will see how things go and adjust as needed. Perhaps we won't make it to Alaska, but just to Banff if it looks like we would exceed the time we have available.

Denali is a worthwhile destination. Anchorage, not so much unless we did decide to take the ferry back to Washington instead of driving the reverse route. That is why I included it. When I last checked, the May and June schedules were not available.

We have been to Alaska a couple of times. A couple things I can say, is be prepared to drive a Looo-ooong time. The distances in AK are immense. AK is as big as half of the lower 48. The good news is that there aren't roads in most of it (big picture, there are basically 3 roads in AK that make a giant triangle). The bad news is that ALL the roads will be under construction during the relatively short summer. Travel times will always be longer than you might expect.