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How long for the trip North?

Veebyes
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How long are y'all planning for next year?

No reservations, no solid dates yet but so far we are looking at about 140 days door to door. Not counting the air miles but the trailer miles will be a bit under 14,000 & figure at least a couple thousand worth of additional running around.
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c_traveler2
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Veebyes wrote:
How long are y'all planning for next year?

No reservations, no solid dates yet but so far we are looking at about 140 days door to door. Not counting the air miles but the trailer miles will be a bit under 14,000 & figure at least a couple thousand worth of additional running around.


We'll be leaving for Canada and Alaska about July 11,2018 and won't be back till about the end of Sept/early Oct. This will be our second trip and it was over 16,500 miles. We made only one reservation during the entire 2015 journey and that was the Arctic Tour at Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
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Brassica
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Gonecamping444 wrote:
Just wondering we took a road in NWT in 2007 that used to be a dogsled trail to Inuvik, Not sure spelling is right been a long time,LOL,Used to have to take a plane to Tuktoyaktuk, Does the new road start at the same place,I think it was near Chicken,Thanks

The old road from Tuk to Inuvik was sort of an ice road over the braided delta. In late 2017, Canada finished an all weather route between those two towns. It has features like fabric under the gravel to keep the permafrost from melting and the surface from heaving. The old route is now closed!

Toronto Star Inuvik to Tuk Sea to Sea to Sea

Gonecamping444
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Just wondering we took a road in NWT in 2007 that used to be a dogsled trail to Inuvik, Not sure spelling is right been a long time,LOL,Used to have to take a plane to Tuktoyaktuk,Does the new road start at the same place,I think it was near Chicken,Thanks

Tom_Barb
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We leave for AK in April, the camp grounds going up are mostly empty, the streams are full, trees are starting to leaf out and every thing is clean and fresh.
Coming home in June the camp grounds are crowded, road work is in full swing, and it is usually hot. and the bugs are out in mass.
my advise is simple go up early, stay where the bugs aren't and come home after sept. and the frost has killed the bugs, and turned the leaves to color.
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2gypsies1
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If you're retired plan to cross the Canadian border the end of May and return the beginning of September. Spend all summer on the trip. You may never get back to do it again. Might as well see everything!
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bcbouy
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last summer we booked all of aug. to do the run north to alaska from vancouver.we made it as far as smithers.we weren't even close but we had a blast and found some awesome sites to boondock and we did very well with the big water fishing.we will be doing it every august till we actually make it up there.i figure it will take at least 7 years at the rate we are going.i guess it's obvious we love to do the back country exploration stuff.we kept finding quiet little lakes and promising to camp for 1,maybe 2 nights then move on.didn't quite happen that way.
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SideHillSoup
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c.traveler2 wrote:
SideHillSoup wrote:
We are going to drive the new road from Inukik to Tuktoyaktuk NWT this summer. One way from our place is just about bang on 4000 km ( approx 2500 miles) wife was raised in Stewart BC so with visiting and travel we are figuring 90 plus days. We hope to be in Stewart for Canada Day ( July 1st) and โ€œ would like to beโ€ in Inukik for the second week of July for the Great Northern Arts Festival. However that means driving fast north from Stewart, so we may just skip Stewart on the way north and stop there on the way south. However everything is open to change only thing for certain is we are going in 2018.
Soup.


We'll be traveling on the new road, we're planning that as part of our journey in 2018 heading up from Southern California after July 4th. Looks like you'll beat us there.

Well byjiggers, we may run into you guys... look for a truck and camper with a black cat in the top, right side window of the camper.... thatโ€™s us.
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c_traveler2
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SideHillSoup wrote:
We are going to drive the new road from Inukik to Tuktoyaktuk NWT this summer. One way from our place is just about bang on 4000 km ( approx 2500 miles) wife was raised in Stewart BC so with visiting and travel we are figuring 90 plus days. We hope to be in Stewart for Canada Day ( July 1st) and โ€œ would like to beโ€ in Inukik for the second week of July for the Great Northern Arts Festival. However that means driving fast north from Stewart, so we may just skip Stewart on the way north and stop there on the way south. However everything is open to change only thing for certain is we are going in 2018.
Soup.


We'll be traveling on the new road, we're planning that as part of our journey in 2018 heading up from Southern California after July 4th. Looks like you'll beat us there.
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SideHillSoup
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pyoung47 wrote:
From Missouri, nine weeks and 10,000 miles. We wish we would have stayed longer in Stewart/Hyder to see the bears. That would be the advantage of going to Stewart later, but it will likely be crowded.


Wife was raised in Stewart and we have been back many times.... yet to see it busy.
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PA12DRVR
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loggenrock wrote:
VeeByes is just asking a straw poll of how much time others will be there - ......ST


12 months less 2 weeks in either January or February. ๐Ÿ™‚
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loggenrock
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VeeByes is just asking a straw poll of how much time others will be there - they are seasoned travelers themselves. ST
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Fer2005
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The next time we go, hopefully in 2 years, we are planning on late May thru early Sept. 11000 miles for us. Last time we did it in 7 weeks. That was WAAAAY to fast. Hoping next time time to enjoy more of Canada!
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zb39
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I did it in 5 weeks...10k miles total on coach. 3k on toad
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