Alaska Highway, Alaska, United States

5lberg13 5:00 PM Sep 3, 2017

The Milepost Travel Guide
Our journey was 44 days and 11292 miles of pure delight. Having the Milepost with us made It even more enjoyable. It is full of so much useful information. Landmarks, mountain and river names, forest fire history, historical sites, gas stations, restaurants, and on and on. It was such a huge part of our trip. I was the narrator while my husband drove and for the most part we really felt like we were learning something all the time. When we headed back east and no longer had that kind of information available we thought how nice it would be to have that kind of travel guide for all the roads we travel.

5rhubarb457 5:00 PM Sep 13, 2014

Excellent drive
In the 1960's (when I was a kid) our family used to drive the AlCan Highway. It was all gravel then. 50 years later I decided to take my mom back and drive it again, but on the pavement this time. It was great! There were some graveled sections but that just brought back more memories. We saw lots of bison, moose, one black bear, bald eagle, a herd of mt. sheep with babies, 2 mt. goats high up on a cliff, lots of caribou and then our favorite a Canadian Lynx. Just before Beaver Creek crossing the road was a momma lynx and her 2 kits. We were very fortunate to have seen that. Right out of Fort Nelson, we encountered a 3 hour snow blizzard. We were in a Subaru so the few inches on the ground was not a problem, but the next day someone told me that the pass had over a foot of snow. We were there September 7, 2014. We stayed at Muncho Lake Northern Rockies Lodge. We had one of the cabins that bordered the lake. It was ok but a bit overpriced. Herds of caribou and the bison were near by so that was a positive. Their breakfast was pretty poor, but the dinners were excellent. If you can avoid staying at Teslin or Destruction Bay, do that. The motels there were grim. At Delta Junction, we stayed at the Garden B&B, Red Rock Cabin. It was clean and nice. Breakfasts were good. At Tok, we stayed at the Caribou Cabins which were really nice. We were in cabin 2. It is our favorite place so far for the trip. We took 6 days for the entire highway, doing short days as my mom is 85. If I were to do it again, I would probably speed that up a bit; but the slow pace did allow us to stop and stretch. We were really glad we went and would probably do it again; but I could see how this would not be for everyone.