Introduction This is the story of 4 seniors who wanted to travel to Alaska by automobile (van) from the East Coast of the US. Rose & Arnie live in New Jersey, Jeanne & Ken (I’m Ken) live in North Carolina. We also used to live in New Jersey, where Arnie and I worked for the same company for many years. We are both retired now. We have traveled together over the years. Last year we were in Australia and cruised back to San Francisco. So we know each other quite well and figured we could get along fine on this adventure. Daily Log - our activities The Plan - daily plan with mileage & hotels Hotels - how we picked the hotels, etc. Preparation - what we did to plan for this trip This is a condensed version of the trip:. Stage      From     To 1   Charlotte, NC (6/27)   Minneapolis, MN (6/29) 2   Minneapolis, MN (6/30)   Edmonton, AB (7/3) 3   Edmonton, AB (7/4)   Whitehorse, YT (7/8) 4   Whitehorse, YT (7/9)   Fairbanks, AK (7/13) 5   Fairbanks, AK (7/14)   Soldotna, AK (7/19) 6   Soldotna, AK (7/20)   Destruction Bay, YT (7/22) 7   Destruction Bay, YT (7/23)   Hyder, AK (7/25) 8   Hyder, AK (7/26)   Jasper, AB (7/30) 9   Jasper, AB (7/31)   Minot, ND (8/2) 10   Minot, ND (8/3)   Charlotte, NC (8/6) AB=Alberta; AK=Alaska; BC=British Columbia; YT=Yukon Here's is a map of the trip -  TO Alaska is in Blue, the RETURN trip is in Red.  Detailed maps are with each stage. Top