RV Trip to Alaska 2014

Trip log—click on any day for the log AND PHOTOS of that day

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Note: miles are road miles for RV + Jeep together only. Separate Jeep miles are not recorded.

 

· 5/8/2014                   Day one                                    Prescott to Cathedral Gorge, NV;                                                                          410 Miles

· 5/9/2014                   Day two                                    Cathedral Gorge, NV to Glenn’s Ferry, ID;                                                       420 Miles

· 5/10/2014               Day three                                 Glenn’s Ferry, ID to Emmigrant Springs, OR;                                                 240 Miles

· 5/11/2014               Day four                                  Emmigrant Springs, OR to Vancouver, WA;                                                    308 Miles

· 5/12/2014               Day five                                    Layover day in Vancouver, WA

· 5/13/2014               Day six                                      Vancouver, WA, to Port Angeles, WA;                                                              210 miles

· 5/14/2014               Day seven                                Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC via Ferry;                                                    20 Miles + 20 by ferry

· 5/15/2014               Day eight                                 Layover day at Victoria, BC

· 5/16/2014               Day nine                                  Victoria to Nanaimo; ferry to Vancouver; Pemberton, BC;                          140 Miles + 40 by ferry

· 5/17/2014               Day ten                                    Nairn Falls to Lac la Hache Provincial Park;                                                    200 Miles

· 5/18/2014               Day eleven                              Lac la Hoche to Beaumont Provincial Park, BC;                                              265 Miles

· 5/19/2014               Day twelve                              Beaumont Provincial Park to Seely Lake Provincial Park;                            180 Miles

· 5/20/2014               Day thirteen                            Seeley Lake to Stewart, BC;                                                                                   153 miles

· 5/21/2014               Day fourteen                           Stewart to Dease Lake, BC;                                                                                    235 miles

· 5/22/2014               Day fifteen                              Dease Lake to Watson Lake, BC;                                                                          180 miles

· 5/23/2014               Day sixteen                             Watson Lake to Whitehorse, YT;                                                                          273 miles

· 5/24/2014               Day seventeen                        Layover day at Whitehorse, Yukon

· 5/25/2014               Day eighteen                           Whitehorse, Yukon, to Skagway, AK then Haines, AK, via ferry;             110 miles + 15 by ferry

· 5/26/2014               Day nineteen                           Layover day in Haines, Alaska

· 5/27/2014               Day twenty                              Haines, AK to Conglin Campground north of Haines Junction, Yukon;   200 miles

· 5/28/2014               Day twenty-one                      Conglin Campground, Yukon to Tok, Alaska;                                                  240 miles

· 5/29/2014               Day twenty-two                      Tok River Campground to Sourdough RV Park 2 miles South of Tok;     15 miles

· 5/30/2014               Day twenty-three                   Tok to Fairbanks, AK;                                                                                              108 miles

· 5/31/2014               Day twenty-four                     Layover day in Fairbanks

· 6/1/2014                   Day twenty-five                     Layover day in Fairbanks

· 6/2/2014                   Day twenty-six                       Fairbanks, AK to Denali National Park, Riley Campground;                       125 miles

· 6/3/2014                   Day twenty-seven                 Layover day at Denali National Park

· 6/4/2014                   Day twenty-eight                   Layover day at Denali National Park

· 6/5/2014                   Day twenty-nine                     Denali National Park to Talkeetna, Alaska;                                                        150 miles

· 6/6/2014                   Day thirty                                Trip out Petersville Road, then on  to Nancy Lakes Campground;             50 Miles

· 6/7/2014                   Day thirty-one                        Trip out Hacker Pass Road, then on to the Eagle River Campground;       56 Miles

· 6/8/2014                   Day thirty-two                        Layover day exploring Anchorage

· 6/9/2014                 Day thirty-three                      Eagle River to Funny River, Soldotna;                                                                145 Miles

· 6/10/2014               Day thirty-four                       Funny River Campground, Soldotna, AK to Homer, AK;                             80 Miles

· 6/11/2014               Day thirty-five                        Flightseeing trip from Homer to Katmai National Park and Preserve

· 6/12/2014               Day thirty-six                          Layover day in Homer, Alaska

· 6/13/2014               Day thirty-seven                     Another Layover day in Homer, Alaska

· 6/14/2014               Day thirty-eight                      Still in Homer, Alaska

· 6/15/2014               Day thirty-nine                       And still in Homer, Alaska

· 6/16/2014               Day forty                                 Homer, Alaska to Seward, Alaska;                                                                       170 miles

· 6/17/2014               Day forty-one                         Layover day in Seward, Alaska

· 6/18/2014               Day forty-two                         M/V Star of the Northwest wildlife tour, Seward, Alaska

· 6/19/2014               Day forty-three                       Another Layover day in Seward, Alaska

· 6/20/2014               Day forty-four                        M/V Viewfinder glacier tour, Seward, Alaska

· 6/21/2014               Day forty-five                         Seward to Williwaw Campground, 11 miles from Whittier, Alaska;         80 miles

· 6/22/2014               Day forty-six                           Layover Day at Whittier, Alaska

·  6/23/2014              Day forty-seven                      Whittier to Valdez, Alaska by ferry, then Blueberry Lake Campground; 24 miles + 100 by ferry

· 6/24/2014               Day forty-eight                       Blueberry Lake Campground to Glennallen

· 6/25/2014               Day forty-nine                        Glennallen to Slana on Tok Cutoff;                                                                     90 miles

· 6/26/2014               Day fifty                                  Nabezna Road Trip into Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve

· 6/27/2014               Day fifty-one                          Nabezna Road to Chicken, AK;                                                                             130 miles

· 6/28/2014               Day fifty-two                          RV to Walker Fork Campground then by Jeep to Eagle, Alaska                 15 miles

· 6/29/2014               Day fifty-three                        Walker Fork Campground to Dawson City, YT;                                              100 miles

· 6/30/2014               Day fifty-four                         Layover day in Dawson City, Yukon

· 7/1/2014                   Day fifty-five                          Morning in Dawson City then to Pelly Crossing, Yukon,;                             150 miles

· 7/2/2014                   Day fifty-six                           Pelly Crossing to Whitehorse, YT;                                                                        180 miles

· 7/3/2014                   Day fifty-seven                       Whitehorse, Yukon, to Rancheria Lodge and RV Park;                                 200 miles

· 7/4/2014                   Day fifty-eight                        Rancheria Lodge to Dease Lake Lions Campground, BC;                            210 miles

· 7/5/2014                   Day fifty-nine                         Dease Lake to Meziadin Lake Campground;                                                    185 miles

· 7/6/2014                   Day sixty                                 Meziadin Lake to Prudhomme Provincial Campground, Prince Rupert;   230 miles

· 7/6/2014                   Day sixty-one                         Layover day in Prince Rupert vicinity

· 7/8/2014                   Day sixty-two                         Alaska Ferry, Prince Rupert to Last Chance CG, Ketchikan, AK;              30 miles + ?? By ferry

· 7/9/2014                   Day sixty-three                       Layover day in Ketchikan, Alaska

· 7/10/2014               Day sixty-four                        Flightseeing trip to Anan Bear Observatory from Ketchikan, Alaska

· 7/11/2014               Day sixty-five                         Yacht Club dinner & Herring Creek bear watching in Ketchikan, Alaska

· 7/12/2014               Day sixty-six                          Herring Creek bear watching in Ketchikan

· 7/13/2014               Day sixty-seven                      Ketchikan, Alaska by ferry back to Prince Rupert, BC;                                 30 miles

· 7/14/2014               Day sixty-eight                       Prudhomme Campground to ‘KSAN Campground in Hazleton;                 160 miles

· 7/15/2014               Day sixty-nine                        ‘KSAN to Beaufort Provincial Campground, BC;                                           180 miles

· 7/16/2014               Day seventy                            Beaufort Provincial Campground, BC to McBride;                                         200 miles

· 7/17/2014               Day seventy-one                    McBride, BC to Jasper, Alberta;                                                                            101 miles

· 7/18/2014               Day seventy-two                    Layover day in Jasper, AB

· 7/19/2014               Day seventy-three                 Whistler Campground in Jasper, AB to Rampart Creek Campground;      90 miles

· 7/20/2014               Day seventy-four                  Rampart Creek Campground to Lake Louise Campground;                          65 miles

· 7/21/2014               Day seventy-five                    Layover day at Lake Louise Campground

· 7/22/2014               Day seventy-six                     Lake Louise, AB to Lundbreck Falls Recreation Area, AB;                         230 miles

· 7/23/2014               Day seventy-seven                Lundbreck Falls Recreation Area, AB to St. Mary, MT;                               80 miles

· 7/24/2014               Day seventy-eight                 St Mary, MT to Many Pines Campground below Neihart, MT;                  220 miles

· 7/25/2014               Day seventy-nine                  Many Pines to Mammoth Hot Springs Campground, Yellowstone Park; 160 miles

· 7/26/2014               Day eighty                               Layover day in Yellowstone Park

· 7/27/2014               Day eighty-one                       Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone, to Boulder, Wyoming;                      235 miles

· 7/28/2014               Day eighty-two                      Boulder, WY to Flaming Gorge, WY, Firehole Campground;                     116 miles

· 7/29/2014               Day eighty-three                    Flaming Gorge, WY, to Dinosaur National Monument, UT;                        100 miles

· 7/30/2014               Day eighty-four                      Dinosaur National Monument, UTto Green River State Park, UT;             200 miles

· 7/31/2014               Day eighty-five                      Green River State Park, Utah to Capitol Reef National Park;                       97 miles

· 8/1/2014                   Day eighty-six                        Layover day in Capitol Reef National Park

· 8/2/2014                   Day eighty-seven                   Capitol Reef National Park to Bryce Canyon National Park;                        123 miles

· 8/3/2014                   Day eighty-eight                    Bryce Canyon NP to Lee’s Ferry, AZ;                                                                162 miles

· 8/4/2014                   Day eighty-nine                      Lee’s Ferry, AZ to Sunset Crater NP;                                                                  110 miles

· 8/5/2014                   Day ninety                               Flagstaff to Prescott;                                                                                                 110 miles

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Day 1—10  to vancouver, bc

Day 11—15 to Watson lake, yt

Day 16—20 Skagway, haines

Day 21—26 to fairbanks

Day 27—31 to anchorage

Day 32—35 katmai bears

Day 36—41 to seward

Day 42–46 to whittier

Day 47—51 to chicken..again

Day 52-56 back to whitehorse

Day 57–63 to ketchikan

Day 64-70 anan&herring bears

Day 71-76 jasper, banff

Day 77-82 Yellowstone park

Day 83-87 dinosaur nat park

Day 88-90 flagstaff & home

 

 

 

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a 9600-mile, 3-month trip from Prescott, Arizona to Alaska and back

 

The trip began May 8, 2014 and we returned home to Prescott on August 5. The RV is a 2014 Concord 225LE made by Coachmen on a Ford E-350 chassis with a 6.8L Triton^® 20-valve 305 hpV10 gasoline engine and TorqueShift 5-speed automatic transmission. We towed a 2013 Jeep Wrangler with automatic transmission using a Blue Ox tow bar and Blue Ox Patriot braking system. The RV is equipped with a 4 KW Onan genset and an 1800-watt Xantrex inverter powered by 2 6-volt batteries. It carries 50 gallons of fresh water and has a 28 gallon gray tank and a 20 gallon black tank. We were able to dry-camp for three days comfortably. The following is a summary of the trip statistics:

 

· Total days out                                          90, 89 nights camping

· Total miles for RV:                               9576

· Total miles for Jeep:                              3000 (not counting towed miles)

· Total gasoline for RV:                          1100 gallons

· Total gasoline for Jeep:                        150 gallons

· Total cost of gas for RV:                      $5100

· Total cost of gas for Jeep:                    $$750

· RV gas consumption:                            8.5 MPG

· Average cost of gas:                              $4.79/gallon

· Highest price paid for gas:                   $6.12/gallon at Beaver Creek, Yukon (assuming Canadian exchange rate = 0.95/US dollar)

· Lowest price for gas:                             $3.49/gallon at Prescott, Arizona

· Average campground cost:                  $20/night for 89 nights

· Nights with full hookups                      8

· US/Canada border crossings               8; 4 in each direction

· Flat tires                                                     3 (one absolutely flat and unrepairable, two slow leaks, one repairable, one not)