We traveled 9479 miles in 49 days.
Animals seen:
caribou, moose, black bears, grizzly bears, bald eagles, 2 types of puffins, humpback whales, stellar sea lions, sea otters, dolphins, bison, porcupines, snowshoe hares, fox.
Best place to see animals: The road between Summit Lake and 70 miles west of Muncho Lake in the Yukon, BC, Yukon on the Alaska Hwy.
Favorite town in Canada: Dawson City, Yukon
Favorite area of Canada: The whole Yukon!!! Beautiful and empty!
Favorite town in USA: Valdez, AK (and Malibu, California!)
Favorite activities: Watching a bear catch salmon and whale and glacier watching on the boat. Both the bear fishing and the boat that took us to see whales and glaciers were out of Valdez.
Most Amazing sight: The Alaska Pipeline along the Dalton Hwy, the sun never sets above the Arctic Circle
Highest sense of accomplishment: Driving to the Arctic Circle and then 80 miles beyond the Arctic Circle.
Regrets: We didn't make it all the way to the Arctic Ocean
It was an amazing trip! Driving was the right way to travel to Alaska.
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