Matt Whiting wrote:
RST Engineering wrote:

5. Alaska up the Alcan

Trivia note: My understanding is that "Alcan" was the military designation.
It is now called the Alaska Highway.

I can't decide which would be more fun, flying the Alcan or riding it on
a motorcycle. I'd like to do both!

If one flies, I assume following the road would probably be the best bet in
terms of providing an emergency landing strip, given the terrain. Overhead
lines are not a problem for much of the way!

As to riding a motorcycle - be careful what time of the year you drive it -
I'm told that at the height of the summer travel season you'd probably
spend a lot of time passing RVs (when you aren't stuck behind them).

However, the peak RV time is probably July. My wife and I did a 46 day road
trip to Alaska from the beginning of August of 2005 to mid September and we
did not encounter the alleged bumper-to-bumper RV trains to Alaska. ;-) (A
spike in gas prices may have kept some RVers from considering the trip that
summer - so maybe plan to go when gas prices are high!)

We did see a moderate number of RVs heading back to the states - so if you
travel late summer you have a better chance of seeing empty road ahead of
you. If you travel by air or road too late in the summer (or too early in
the spring) you may find places shut down for the winter.

The recommended periodical for road trips to buy is "The Milepost". (Web
site: http://www.themilepost.com/ )

If anyone's interest, here's a web site of the trip my wife and I did in
2005:

http://trips.lugojweb.com/trips2005/alaska/index.html

(You can view the photos by clicking on Previous and Next links when they
appear on the right hand side.)