North to Alaska and Back
We still had 66 miles to go on the Top of the World Highway. The guidebook said that this portion of the highway was newly reconstructed, so we expected the road to be better than yesterday. It was, but not by much. It took us one hour to drive the first 26 miles. The final 40 miles were somewhat better.
When we turned onto the Glenn Highway, we had about 190 more miles to drive. The road was paved, so we had high expectations, too high, however. Long sections of the road were under construction. In addition, due perhaps to the permafrost, much of the road was wavy, like the wake of a boat. These waves are no big deal if you are driving a car, but for a motor home towing a car, it means watching out and slowing down or driving around each one. We frequently encountered the following signs along the way: road damage, rough road, loose gravel, dip, bump, reduce speed, be prepared to stop & pilot car follow me. On the plus side, we did have beautiful views of the Wrangell Mountains and the Copper River. We stopped at the Wrangell-St. Elias visitor center at Copper Centre & then continued another 30 min. to our campground at Kenny Lake.
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15 Apr 2020
Day 24 - On to Kenny Lake
July 13, 2017
We still had 66 miles to go on the Top of the World Highway. The guidebook said that this portion of the highway was newly reconstructed, so we expected the road to be better than yesterday. It was, but not by much. It took us one hour to drive the first 26 miles. The final 40 miles were somewhat better.
When we turned onto the Glenn Highway, we had about 190 more miles to drive. The road was paved, so we had high expectations, too high, however. Long sections of the road were under construction. In addition, due perhaps to the permafrost, much of the road was wavy, like the wake of a boat. These waves are no big deal if you are driving a car, but for a motor home towing a car, it means watching out and slowing down or driving around each one. We frequently encountered the following signs along the way: road damage, rough road, loose gravel, dip, bump, reduce speed, be prepared to stop & pilot car follow me. On the plus side, we did have beautiful views of the Wrangell Mountains and the Copper River. We stopped at the Wrangell-St. Elias visitor center at Copper Centre & then continued another 30 min. to our campground at Kenny Lake.
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Day 1: Harrisburg, PA to West Branch SP, Ohio
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Day 2: On to Pokagon SP, Indiana
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Days 3 and 4 On to Illinois and Wisconsin
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Days 5, 6 & 7: On to Maple Grove, Mn and Fargo and Minot, North Dakota
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Days 8 & 9 - On to Saskatchewan,
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Day 10 - On to Alberta
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Day 11 - Elk Island National Park
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Days 12 and 13 - On to Dawson Creek, British Columbia
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Day 14 - Alaska Highway to Fort Nelson, BC
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Day 15 - On to Muncho Lake, BC
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Day 16 - On to Watson Lake, Yukon
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Day 17 - On to Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 18 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 19 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 20: Klondike Hwy to Dawson City
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Day 21: Dawson City
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Day 22: Dawson City
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Day 23: On to Chicken, Alaska!
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Day 24 - On to Kenny Lake
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Day 25: Wrangell-St. Elias NP
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Day 26: Kenny Lake Area
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Day 27: Richardson Hwy to Valdez AK
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Days 28 & 29:Valdez
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Days 30 & 31: On to Anchorage
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Day 32: Katmai National Park
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Day 33: Lake Clark National Park
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Day 34: On to Talkeetna
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Days 35 - 38 Denali National Park
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Days 39, 40 and 41 - Fairbanks AK
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Days 42, 43 & 44 - Bettles, AK
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Days 45 & 46 - Tok to Kluane Lake
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Days 47, 48, 49 - Kluane Lake to Boya Lake
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Day 50 - Boya Lake to Iskut, BC
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Days 51 & 52 - Stewart British Columbia and Hyder Alaska
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Days 53, 54, 55 - Smithers to Jasper Park
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Day 58 - The Icefields Parkway
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Days 56 & 57 - Jasper National Park
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Days 59 and 60 - Banff NP
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Days 61, 62 63 - Banff, Alberta to Minot, North Dakota
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Days 64, 65, 66 - North Dakota to Minnesota
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Day 67 - Duluth, Minnesota
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Days 68, 69,& 70 - To Mackinac Island
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Days 71 thru 78, The Last Chapter!
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