Lord willing, we will be traveling to Alaska this summer. 4 months, 12,000 miles.

The red numbered dots on the first map below indicate places we will be staying in the RV. The gray numbers indicate other stops to visit but not overnight stays. The trip is 4 months long in three major parts:

Part 1 – June. Numbers 1 thru 27 on the overall map. Take one month to wander Northwest visiting Badlands, Custer State Park, Wind Cave, Jewel Cave, Devil’s Tower, Little Bighorn, and Glacier National Park. After crossing into Alberta, Canada we will visit Waterton Lakes and Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump. Toward the end of June we will meet-up with friends from church in British Colombia, Canada at Banff National Park for a few days together. Leaving them we will head north to Jasper and to Dawson Creek which is mile 0 at the start of the Alaskan Highway.
Part 2 – July and August. Numbers 29 thru 61 on the overall map. This 60 day portion is a ‘guided’ RV caravan group (RVadventuretreks.com). This is a group of 15 RV’s (all types of motorhomes and trailers) with a ‘leader’ and ‘follower’ who have done the trip many times and made the camping arrangements.
Part 3 – September. Numbers 62 thru 82 on the overall map. This is the ‘trip home’ with stops at Cascades National Park, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Minidoka National Historic Site, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Fossil Butte National Monument, and visits with family in Kansas and Missouri.

Below is the 60 day Alaska RV Adventure Trek portion of the trip with major cities noted. We start at Dawson Creek, BC which is number 29 on the overall map above, and finish in Prince George, BC which is number 61.

Today’s Trivia: Alaska did not become a State until 1959. It seems more than a little bit weird for our destination to be ‘younger’ than we are…

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