March 2010 Update

As of today we are only three months away from the start of our travels to and from Alaska, "The Last Great Frontier." We are all getting excited and finishing up on the general plans.

While watching the Winter Olympics in Vancouver we tried to see our hotel in Vancouver. It is between Canada Place (the building along the waterfront that looked like a large tent) and Stanley Gardens, the garden peninsula right behind where the seaplanes were taking off and landing. Unfortunately we could not identify which building. However we did see a lot of the Vancouver area, including Stanley Park and the suspension bridge which we will be taking a stroll across.

The remaining plans fall into two area: 1) what to pack and take along, and 2) details of what roadside attractions (tourist traps?) we want to stop and see. I have been reviewing several books and web sites identifying places to stop for viewing pleasures of the land, old towns and mining locations, as well as tourist traps such as Alaskaland outside of Fairbanks and the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Girdwood, and even Portage where there is a lake in the park that has floating icebergs.

I quick summation of highway miles is 9,400 miles. This is just highway miles and does not include any side trips or just driving around towns. Also not included are any mileage along the inside passage where besides driving from the ferry dock to the hotel and back, nor any mileage we will accumulate on and around that town. It also does not include mileage within the larger towns like Juneau, anchorage or Fairbanks.

Keep watching this site for any new information. When our travels begin I am hoping (Internet accessibility is needed) to update the site daily with our daily travel and vacation activities.