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    Has anyone made the motorcycle or RV trip from the eastern US to Alaska around & back. Very interested in details, suggestions, resources and any other info you may be able to provide. Wife and I are interested in making the trip but a little overwhelmed by the scope of it all! Thanks

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    I'm trying to coordinate one with my friend in Vancouver BC for summer 2015.

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    Thanks, would you be leaving from Pa? What time of year are you looking at? You may want to check out the website alaskarvtrips.com .They have some great stuff.

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    I wouldn't leave anytime soon, but that's just me.
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    I would suggest you take a right at Glacier Park in MT. Go to Banff then take your run along the Trans Canadian 1 to see some N. Americas best views of the Rockies, while heading toward Vancouver..... Was lucky to have made that trip in 1979 on my first bike, a 79 Honda CX 500. 8300 miles in 30 days and three stops to backpack into the Nat. parks......Youth has its advantages.

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    Did it in the early '90's. If it's still published, get hold of a copy of "The Milepost". Literally, provides a description, by milepost, of what's along all the major highways up there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ridlikhel View Post
    I would suggest you take a right at Glacier Park in MT. Go to Banff then take your run along the Trans Canadian 1 to see some N. Americas best views of the Rockies, while heading toward Vancouver..... Was lucky to have made that trip in 1979 on my first bike, a 79 Honda CX 500. 8300 miles in 30 days and three stops to backpack into the Nat. parks......Youth has its advantages.
    Did this on my first cross country run in 2010. Glacier National Park's "Highway to the Sun" had just opened that day (Late June!). Went up and then across the border. Awesome country.

    Andy just went to the Arctic Circle this past June. Took his Wing from Vancouver to "near" the circle and then rented a dual sport for the last 80 miles.

    Need to run it on the F6B, except the last 80 miles on gravel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NCF6B View Post
    Has anyone made the motorcycle or RV trip from the eastern US to Alaska around & back. Very interested in details, suggestions, resources and any other info you may be able to provide. Wife and I are interested in making the trip but a little overwhelmed by the scope of it all! Thanks
    My work bud did the CanAm from WA, near up to the Artic Circle, he said the mud was baked on his bike and he could never get it cleaned properly after that trip. He did have lots of cold grey rainy mud shots of the trip though.
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    thanks, some great suggestions! My biggest concern is the pure physical endurance needed to complete this type of camping trip. Reading a lot about roads and facilities. Not exactly your "lower 48". Wife says if we don't make this trip soon probablywon't make it at all. We both really shun the typical cruise ship/railroad pre-fab tours. May make it easier but all you see is what everyone else has seen! I've run 5 Marathons and this is beginning to feel very much like the same thing. Our son said "hey dad, if it was easy everyone would do it"! Keep you posted on our plans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NCF6B View Post
    thanks, some great suggestions! My biggest concern is the pure physical endurance needed to complete this type of camping trip. Reading a lot about roads and facilities. Not exactly your "lower 48". Wife says if we don't make this trip soon probablywon't make it at all. We both really shun the typical cruise ship/railroad pre-fab tours. May make it easier but all you see is what everyone else has seen! I've run 5 Marathons and this is beginning to feel very much like the same thing. Our son said "hey dad, if it was easy everyone would do it"! Keep you posted on our plans.
    Car sized pot holes, bud said they keep you alert, gravel roads and long distances between gas ups in places and the mosquitoes of course.
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