Alaska Bound 2010

[akck]

Originally Posted by sdodd

Thanks for the advice. Yeah the more and more i think about it the more excited i get. I browse at houses for sale/rent quite a bit now haha, and there are some nice houses up there. Not sure if i am correct on this but can i drive to Washington then catch a boat or ferry to Anchorage?
Come on 2010 hurry and get here please lol.

Yes you can do that, but it requires you to change ferries since the ferry that makes the crossing leaves from Prince Rupert. One problem is that only one or two crossings are made each month and the ferry fills up quickly. Then there is the cost. It's likely cheaper to drive thorough Canada.

[browncoatflan]

Originally Posted by warptman

I'd say drive all the way! Shan, there is a short cut if you go through Saskatchewan. The highway through that province is nice and flat and it has a lot of places to gas up. We took that route two years ago and when we head for home next month, this will be the same route we will come back home on.

Thanks warpt- we're still considering that route as well, though we probably won't decide until the day we leave Wisconsin. I think it's going to depend on how big a difference it's going to be in gas prices between CA & US at the end of July. Probably won't be a huge gap, but even 10¢ adds up over the thousands of km we're going to be driving.


Shan