The first two chapters of this "how-to" RV-to-Alaska book are mental, physical, and RV preparation; a full discussion of what to do ahead of time, what to take, where to stay, and road conditions. The 192-page book discusses border crossings, taxes, wild animals, possible routes and off-the-main-highway gravel roads. She addresses the cost of such a trip and talks about choices and expenses.
Along with fifty photographs, advice and suggestions on bugs, safety, and sewer dumps are sprinkled throughout the rest of the book while you are taken on a tour of the Author's Alaskan and Canadian adventures and misadventures.
Written in a humorous fashion, you will share the awe of this single, solo traveler as she views the Aurora Borealis on the lonely Top-of-the-World Highway in the Yukon Territory of Canada, and follow her paddle strokes across the Arctic Circle on a two-week, 500 mile wilderness canoe trip on the Yukon River from Eagle, AK to the Dalton Highway. If you are interested in the tamer side of Alaska, she visits the Musk Ox Farm at Palmer, the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum in Anchorage, and takes a trip on the sternwheeler Riverboat Discovery at Fairbanks. Visit our national parks with the author. Play with the grizzlies at Katmai National Park and stand in awe of Mt. McKinley when it comes out to play in Denali National Park.
This silver gypsy tells you what she does when the brakes go out on what used to be called Suicide Hill on the Alaska Highway, and leaves you holding your breath as she literally pushes a foot of snow returning on the Dempster Highway from Inuvik, Northwest Territories, 205 miles beyond the Arctic Circle.
She shares moments of quiet beauty on the banks of the Yukon River at midnight and Robert Service poetry in the Malamute Saloon at Ester. Touching a living glacier and watching Turnagain Arm empty with the world's second highest tides, is part of the charm of this Alaska-Canada book.
"Charlie" advises everyone, if possible, to take a trip to an outlying village. She tours Nome, Kotzebue, and Barrow. She tells of daily life in Chicken, Eagle, Hope, and Hyder, as well as other small villages that might be on your route. From the "improved" railroad bed to McCarthy, AK, to the boardwalk-lined streets of Dawson City, RVing Alaska! (and Canada) promises a fun arm-chair read if you never go to Alaska.
From the Publisher
"RVing Alaska" has 50 photographs scattered throughout. ...You will play with the grizzlies at Katmai, get down and detailed on canoeing the Yukon River, go on a day cruise to see the glaciers, and spend some time gold panning in a 'real' place. You'll meet people, and share in the pure awe that doesn't cost a thing. ...listed expenses and ways you can cut yours. ...ideas on what to do, whether you have tons of money, or travel on a shoestring. ...sure, they're going to be 'iffy' spots until we can harness frost heaves (like never), but both countries are good about marking the bad places. If you travel with 'common sense' speeds, you'll not have major problems. ...it will be a fun read, even if you never move an inch."
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