Alaska Road trip

A trip from May 22, 2009 to June 10, 2009, travelling to San Francisco, Calgary, Banff, Jasper …
A van with 2-5 passengers, and a motorcycle with one rider … More  
A van with 2-5 passengers, and a motorcycle with one rider ride up from San Francisco, through Calgary, head up into Alaska, and explore the area.

While there are start and end points, and there aren't particularly many route options to take, we will be pacing the trip as we go -- each day, we can decide how far, if at all, we want to drive the following day. Daytimes will be spent driving, exploring parks and cities, and generally enjoying the scenery. Nighttimes will be spent cooking, and camping, and enjoying the outdoors.

The overall trip will be in the ballpark of 5500 miles, 19-20 days. There will be a lot of driving, and if given an option, the preference will be to take the longer, less traveled, more scenic route, even if that means traveling long distances along unpaved roads.
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05/22/2009 to 06/10/2009
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Fri 05/22/09 (day 1) - San Francisco

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City
San Francisco, CA, United States
Fri May 22 12:00am
Wed Jun 10 12:00am
Notes
Starting location. The drive will likely start in Mountain View, at my apartment, but this works as a general idea :).

Luisa and Brian in the van, Mike on the motorcycle.

Jamming up towards Calgary, aiming to do 500 miles per day.
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Sun 05/24/09 (day 3) - Calgary, Banff

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City
Calgary, AB, Canada
Sun May 24 12:00am
Notes
Picking up first 2 passengers in this general area. Marni and Clara will be flying into the area.
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City
Banff, AB, Canada
Sun May 24 12:00am - Tue May 26 12:00am
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Tue 05/26/09 (day 5) - Jasper

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Jasper, AB, Canada
Tue May 26 12:00am - Wed May 27 12:00am
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Wed 05/27/09 (day 6) - Prince George

City
Prince George, BC, Canada
Wed May 27 12:00am
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Thu 05/28/09 (day 7) - Whitehorse, Dawson City

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Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Thu May 28 12:00am
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Dawson City, YT, Canada
Thu May 28 12:00am - Fri May 29 12:00am
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Fri 05/29/09 (day 8) - Tok

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City
Tok, AK, United States
Fri May 29 12:00am
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Sat 05/30/09 (day 9) - Fairbanks

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City
Fairbanks, AK, United States
Tue Jun 2 12:00am
Sat May 30 12:00am
Notes
Picking up the final roadtrip passenger here. Connie flies in from SF to join for just the Alaska 1.5 week portion.

Additionally, will do car/bike services here. Bike changing tires to suit the dalton/denali highways, and any other dirt roads we take in the AK area.
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Sun 05/31/09 (day 10) - Prudhoe Bay

City
Prudhoe Bay, AK, United States
Sun May 31 12:00am - Mon Jun 1 12:00am
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Fri 06/05/09 (day 15) - Denali National Park

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City
Denali National Park, AK, United States
Fri Jun 5 12:00am - Sun Jun 7 12:00am
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Tue 06/09/09 (day 19) - Valdez

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City
Valdez, AK, United States
Tue Jun 9 12:00am
Notes
Roadtrippers will be meeting up with my parents, and we'll do a kayaking trip as a group.
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Wed 06/10/09 (day 20) - Anchorage

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City
Anchorage, AK, United States
Wed Jun 10 12:00am
Notes
We fly out of Anchorage, and my parents will drive the van home.
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