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 Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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I've driven it a couple of times and lived in Fairbanks for a few years. Be sure to buy the current edition of the Milepost. Invaluable information.
Be sure to fish in Valdez, one of my favorite towns. A place called Fish Central can handle booking all of the local boats as well as vacuum sealing, flash freezing and shipping your catch.
Also in Valdez, do the Stan Stevens glacier tour. You will see amazing scenery and wildlife.
The bus into Denali National Park is super touristy, but worth doing. It's the only way to see 99% of the park and depending on the length of your ride, you have a very good chance of seeing moose, caribou, bear and wolves. Take as long of a ride as you have time for. The longest one, which goes nearly to the base of Denali, is an all day affair.
Be aware that you can't actually drive to the Arctic ocean. The Dalton highway is closed to private vehicles a few miles from the end of the line. The drive up through Atigun pass is super cool, but unless you just want to go as far as you can, I'm not sure it's worth it to drive the whole way up.
Sounds like an amazing trip!
I work for an oilfield service company that has a location in Prudhoe Bay...I’m going to see if the can make it to the coastline thru them. If not, I know they do tours out of Deadhorse. Being that far north I’d like to dip my toes into the Arctic Ocean...Jes because....  I ordered the 2020 Milepost mid January....it should be in sometime mid April. I already have these....  ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2020/02/full-25921-219613-1a395fcd_3b44_413d_9d73_a3ad91912a3f.jpeg)
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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You sound like a man with a plan, good luck!
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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Kodiak Island? Worth the trip? The 2020 ferry schedule isn't out yet but so far from what I've found there isn't a direct run from Homer to Valdez. The primary purpose for going that route was to see the Kenai Fjords and coastline by going around the Kenia peninsula....
Plan B would be to go to Kodiak then Valdez via Chenega Bay, Whittier, then to Valdez.....
Homer to Kodiak - 9 hrs
Kodiak to Chegena Bay - 14 hrs
Chegena Bay to Whittier - 4.5 hrs
Whittier to Valdez - 5 hrs
...or roughly 30 hours not counting waiting time between ferries...
Or plan C...drive from Homer to Whittier and take the ferry across to Valdez (the last leg of plan B - 5 hrs). This would mean missing the Kenai coastline.....
Thoughts appreciated...
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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I think I would drive from Homer to Seward, take a ranger lead all day boat tour of Kenai Fjords and the surrounding area, then drive to Whittier to catch the ferry.
Those ferries aren't bad, and the scenery is amazing regardless, but I think you would get more out of having a better experience seeing less area.
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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Planing a Alaska trip this summer, Mr snake wrangler can you tell me where you got the Alaska State map and the Alaska eyewitness travel guide
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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Planing a Alaska trip this summer, Mr snake wrangler can you tell me where you got the Alaska State map and the Alaska eyewitness travel guide I got the state map from a Barned N Noble book store. The two eyewitness books and the 2020 Milepost I ordered from Amazon. I saw both eyewitness books and the 2019 Milepost in the book store but they were cheaper on line and since I was ordering the current edition of the Milepost I just ordered them all together.
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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I think I would drive from Homer to Seward, take a ranger lead all day boat tour of Kenai Fjords and the surrounding area, then drive to Whittier to catch the ferry.
Those ferries aren't bad, and the scenery is amazing regardless, but I think you would get more out of having a better experience seeing less area. I will look into that. Sounds better than a detour to Kodiak since I really wasn't planning on going there originally.
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Great help, thanks Mr wrangler.
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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Absolutely go fishing! I went almost 20 years ago and had a fabulous time with my grandfather who passed a few years ago. We fished the Kenai River for Kings, did a flyout to Big River Lakes out of Soldotna for Silvers, and a day trip into the Cook Inlet for halibut out of Homer. Had to shoot a couple of those suckers before we brought them on board, and we were totally surrounded by humpback whales all day. Here's a video I took of the whales on an old 8mm. My skilz aren't great, but got some good footage anyway. Enjoy your trip!
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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Great video! I am so looking forward to this trip.
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It sounds like everything is coming together nicely. I've just started planning my trip, I'm doing Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Glacier and just added Teddy Roosevelt National Parks. From my home in MN the longest leg is two days to Grand Tetons, from there it's a short Jump to Yellowstone, then one day drives to each stop and the last leg home.
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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Make sure you double check the ferrys Alaska marine highway is screwing w service
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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It sounds like everything is coming together nicely. I've just started planning my trip, I'm doing Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Glacier and just added Teddy Roosevelt National Parks. From my home in MN the longest leg is two days to Grand Tetons, from there it's a short Jump to Yellowstone, then one day drives to each stop and the last leg home. We did that area in 2017....stunning is an understatement....
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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Make sure you double check the ferrys Alaska marine highway is screwing w service I can't plan routes right now because they are still working of the summer schedule. I'm hoping they get it ironed out soon.
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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Appears it won't happen this year.... 
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Keep them coming.
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Bummer. I’m shelving our trip to New England also.
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Re: Alaska trip taking shape....
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Appears it won't happen this year.... Bummer! Well you will have more time to plan for it now.
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I'm sure there is a place or two in Texas y'all haven't seen yet. Actually I was just talking to the wife about loading the grandchitlins up later this summer to do Big Bend, Marfa, Ft. Davis, Balmorhea, Guadalupe Peak, and the Monahans sand dunes.....
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Appears it won't happen this year.... Bummer! Well you will have more time to plan for it now. I guess...I was hoping that by late summer things would be opened back up. Alaska has a 14 day mandatory quarantine that is expected to go throughout the summer. That doesn't even address crossing the international border with Canada six times during the trip.... Very disappointed....I was looking forward to the trip, especially if there would be a lot less people running around.... Still holding out a little hope for a late summer/early fall time window but just don't see things opening back up in time to make it this year....
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Man I would love to see the Barnes n noble crowd eye F snake wrangler as he roles in with his overalls on sipping on a craft latte while reading maps in the social couch
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I'm sure there is a place or two in Texas y'all haven't seen yet. Actually I was just talking to the wife about loading the grandchitlins up later this summer to do Big Bend, Marfa, Ft. Davis, Balmorhea, Guadalupe Peak, and the Monahans sand dunes..... Well that really stinks however, the trip with the little crum snatchers sounds great!
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