Tuesday, April 18, 2006
2006 route plan - Alaska and home
Finally - ALASKA
ALASKA
Day 28, Monday, June 19, Tok, AK 185 miles.
Top of the World Highway
Burnt Paw $ Cabins
Sled dog puppies
Fast Edddy”s
Visitor Center
Day 29, Tuesday, June 20, Valdez, AK 256 miles.
Best Western Harbor Inn (tour saver #44)
Lunch enroute from Tok – Cooper Center Lodge, Loop m 100-106. Rich Hwy, MPp469
Worthington Glacier 20 m before Valdez
Visitor Bureau
Valdez museum
Old Valdez
Day 30, Wednesday, June 21, Valdez, AK 0 miles.
Stan Stephens wildlife cruise (tour saver, paid # 102)
Day 31, Thursday, June 22, Valdez, AK 0 miles.
Day 32, Friday, June 23, Palmer, AK 256 miles.
Rose Ridge B & B
Enroute lunch at Long Rifle Lodge, views of Matanuska Glacier, MPp316-7, A102.2
Before go to B&B- Musk Ox farm 10A-6P, last at 5P ?
Day 33, Saturday, June 24, Seward, AK 167 miles.
Seward Military Resort
Enroute Portage Glacier and cruise (tour saver #62)
Exit Glacier on way
Day 34, Sunday, June 25, Seward, AK 0 miles.
SeaLife Center
Ray’s Waterfront restaurant (pecan crusted Halibut and fresh bread)
Day 35, Monday, June 26, Seward, AK 0 miles.
Wildlife cruise 9A-5P from Seward military resort.
Day 36, Tuesday, June 27, Seward, AK 0 miles.
Iditeride 1:30
Day 37, Wednesday, June 28, Seward, AK 0 miles.
Chiropractor – Dr Gonzales
Flightseeing to bears ?
Day 38, Thursday, June 29, Homer, AK 160 miles.
Island Watch B & B
Day 39, Friday, June 30, Homer, AK 0 miles.
Massage
Flightseeing to bears
Day 40, Saturday, July 1, Homer, AK 0 miles.
Scenic drives
Day 41, Sunday, July 2, Homer, AK 0 miles.
Explore Nilchik and Kenai area
Day 42, Monday, July 3, Anchorage, AK 220 miles.
Creekwood Inn
Alyeska (Aerial tram (tour saver # 36)
AK IMAX – Great Land , AK Earthquake (tour saver #17,18)
AK Zoo (tour saver #31)
AK Aviation Heritage museum (tour saver #14)
Chocolate fall at Alaska Wild Berry Products
Day 43, Tuesday, July 4, Anchorage, AK 0 miles.
AK Native Heritage center (tour saver coupon #19)
Day 44, Wednesday, July 5, Anchorage, AK 0 miles.
Chiropractor
Day 45, Thursday, July 6, Talkeetna, AK 115 miles.
Susitna River Lodge
Enroute
Iditarod headquarters, Wasilla
Martin Busher’s “iditarod checkpoint” kennel tour (tour saver #84)
Talkeetna Air flightseeing (tour saver #105,106,107,108)
Day 46, Friday, July 7, Talkeetna, AK 0 miles.
Talkeetna Lodge - lunch
Day 47, Saturday, July 8, Denali, AK 160 miles.
Denali Lakeview Inn
AK cabin night dinner – tour saver # 49
Day 48, Sunday, July 9, Denali, AK 0 miles.
Denali kennels
Denali tour
Day 49, Monday, July 10, Denali, AK 0 miles.
Black Diamond (Frank) - Covered wagon tour lunch (tour saver #116)
Day 50, Tuesday, July 11, Fairbanks, AK 116 miles.
Best Western Fairbanks Inn
Ester Gold camp-Malumute Saloon , “Service with a Smile”, Northern Lights show
Day 51, Wednesday, July 12, Fairbanks, AK 0 miles.
Riverboat Discovery (tour saver #127)
Pioneer Park Big Stampede show, Palace theater “Golden Heart of AK” 8:15p
Day 52, Thursday, July 13, Fairbanks, AK 0 miles.
Tires rotated and oil change
U of Alaska museum and big animal farm
Day 53, Friday, July 14, Fairbanks, AK 0 miles.
Tour saver #118 – El Dorado Gold mine
Day 54, Saturday, July 15, Tok, AK 206 miles.
Burnt Paw & Cabins again
Leaving ALASKA
Day 55, Sunday, July 16, Destruction Bay 224miles.
Talbot Arms Motel
Burwash Landing,
Kluane Museum of Natural History
Provincial Park
Raven Inn (from $100 hamburger= best hamburger)
Day 56, Monday, July 17, Haines, AK 200 miles.
Captain’s Choice Motel
Eagles
Day 57, Tuesday, July 18, Haines, AK 0 miles.
Day 58, Wednesday, July 19, Whitehorse, YT 265 miles.
Yukon Inn again
Day 59, Thursday, July 20, Watson Lake, YT 275 miles.
Northern Beaver Post Cottages, again – Nugget City
Day 60, Friday, July 21, Iskut, BC 232 miles.
Red Goat Lodge
Day 61, Saturday, July 22, Stewart, BC 174 miles.
Ripley Creek Inn
Bear Glacier enroute in to Stewart
Fish Creek – Grizzly Bear Viewing Platform
Bitter Creek cafe
Day 62, Sunday, July 23, Smithers, BC 207 miles.
Hudson Bay Lodge
Ksan Historical village, Hazelton, BC totems
Kitango, totems
Day 63, Monday, July 24, Quesnel, BC 305 miles.
Best Western Tower Inn
Day 64, Tuesday, July 25, Osoyoos, BC 399 miles.
Holiday Inn
Oganogan Valley
BACK IN THE USA
Day 65, Wednesday, July 26, Clarkston, WA 295 miles.
Quality Inn & Suites Conference Center
Day 66, Thursday, July 27, Clarkston, WA 0 miles.
Beamers Hells Canyon tour – ½ day
Day 67, Friday, July 28, Missoula, MT 216 miles.
Holiday Inn
Lewis & Clark Center for Arts
Enroute Lolo Pass, Hwy 12
Nez Perce NP
Rocky Mountain elk Foundation
Missoula Carousel
Day 68, Saturday, July 29, Bozeman, MT 204 miles.
Super 8
Museum of the Rockies
Day 69, Sunday, July 30, Hardin, MT 190 miles.
Super 8
Little Big Horn VC
Day 70, Monday, July 31, Casper, WY 280 miles.
Holiday Inn
National Hist. Trails Inter. Ctr – free Golden Access Pass
Day 71, Tuesday, August 1, Cheyenne, WY 178 miles.
Best Western Hitching Post
Douglas museum
Ft Laramie
Wagon Wheel rutts
Frontier Museum
RR
Day 72, Wednesday, August 2, Dillon, CO 165 miles.
Comfort Inn & Suites
Breckenridge, Keystone,
Golden – Buffalo Bill Memorial
Train at ?
Leadville
Day 73, Thursday, August 3, Dillon, CO 0miles.
Day 74, Friday, August 4, Dillon, CO 0 miles.
Day 75, Saturday, August 5, Colorado Springs, CO 130 miles.
Rodeway Inn
Air Force Academy
Day 76, Sunday, August 6, Colorado Springs, CO 0 miles.
Garden of the Gods
Pikes Peak
7 Falls
Manitou Springs
Day 77, Monday, August 7, Colorado Springs, CO 0 miles.
Day 78, Tuesday, August 8, Colorado Springs, CO 0 miles.
Day 79, Wednesday, August 9, Canon City, CO 51 miles.
Holiday Inn
Royal Gorge dome train
Prison Museum
Day 80, Thursday, August 10, Montrose, CO 186 miles.
Quality Inn
Gunnison
Ute Museum
Glenn Eyne restaurant
Day 81, Friday, August 11, Cortez, CO 150 miles.
Comfort Inn
Million Mile road
Durango
Mesa Verde
NP anastaci ?
Day 82, Saturday, August 12, Albuquerqe, NM 249 miles.
Comfort Inn
4 corners, Farmington, NM
Balloon Fiest Park
Sandia Tram
Day 83, Sunday, August 13, Roswell, NM 215 miles.
Holiday Inn Express
Aliens!!
Day 84, Monday, August 14, Abilene, TX 315 miles.
Best Western
Day 85, Tuesday, August 15, Marshall, TX 331miles.
Holiday Inn Express
Day 86, Wednesday, August 16, Hattiesburg, MI 342 miles.
Best Western
Day 87, Thursday, August 17, Tallahassee, FL 339 miles.
Comfort Inn
Day 88, Friday, August 18, HOME 300 miles.
ALASKA
Day 28, Monday, June 19, Tok, AK 185 miles.
Top of the World Highway
Burnt Paw $ Cabins
Sled dog puppies
Fast Edddy”s
Visitor Center
Day 29, Tuesday, June 20, Valdez, AK 256 miles.
Best Western Harbor Inn (tour saver #44)
Lunch enroute from Tok – Cooper Center Lodge, Loop m 100-106. Rich Hwy, MPp469
Worthington Glacier 20 m before Valdez
Visitor Bureau
Valdez museum
Old Valdez
Day 30, Wednesday, June 21, Valdez, AK 0 miles.
Stan Stephens wildlife cruise (tour saver, paid # 102)
Day 31, Thursday, June 22, Valdez, AK 0 miles.
Day 32, Friday, June 23, Palmer, AK 256 miles.
Rose Ridge B & B
Enroute lunch at Long Rifle Lodge, views of Matanuska Glacier, MPp316-7, A102.2
Before go to B&B- Musk Ox farm 10A-6P, last at 5P ?
Day 33, Saturday, June 24, Seward, AK 167 miles.
Seward Military Resort
Enroute Portage Glacier and cruise (tour saver #62)
Exit Glacier on way
Day 34, Sunday, June 25, Seward, AK 0 miles.
SeaLife Center
Ray’s Waterfront restaurant (pecan crusted Halibut and fresh bread)
Day 35, Monday, June 26, Seward, AK 0 miles.
Wildlife cruise 9A-5P from Seward military resort.
Day 36, Tuesday, June 27, Seward, AK 0 miles.
Iditeride 1:30
Day 37, Wednesday, June 28, Seward, AK 0 miles.
Chiropractor – Dr Gonzales
Flightseeing to bears ?
Day 38, Thursday, June 29, Homer, AK 160 miles.
Island Watch B & B
Day 39, Friday, June 30, Homer, AK 0 miles.
Massage
Flightseeing to bears
Day 40, Saturday, July 1, Homer, AK 0 miles.
Scenic drives
Day 41, Sunday, July 2, Homer, AK 0 miles.
Explore Nilchik and Kenai area
Day 42, Monday, July 3, Anchorage, AK 220 miles.
Creekwood Inn
Alyeska (Aerial tram (tour saver # 36)
AK IMAX – Great Land , AK Earthquake (tour saver #17,18)
AK Zoo (tour saver #31)
AK Aviation Heritage museum (tour saver #14)
Chocolate fall at Alaska Wild Berry Products
Day 43, Tuesday, July 4, Anchorage, AK 0 miles.
AK Native Heritage center (tour saver coupon #19)
Day 44, Wednesday, July 5, Anchorage, AK 0 miles.
Chiropractor
Day 45, Thursday, July 6, Talkeetna, AK 115 miles.
Susitna River Lodge
Enroute
Iditarod headquarters, Wasilla
Martin Busher’s “iditarod checkpoint” kennel tour (tour saver #84)
Talkeetna Air flightseeing (tour saver #105,106,107,108)
Day 46, Friday, July 7, Talkeetna, AK 0 miles.
Talkeetna Lodge - lunch
Day 47, Saturday, July 8, Denali, AK 160 miles.
Denali Lakeview Inn
AK cabin night dinner – tour saver # 49
Day 48, Sunday, July 9, Denali, AK 0 miles.
Denali kennels
Denali tour
Day 49, Monday, July 10, Denali, AK 0 miles.
Black Diamond (Frank) - Covered wagon tour lunch (tour saver #116)
Day 50, Tuesday, July 11, Fairbanks, AK 116 miles.
Best Western Fairbanks Inn
Ester Gold camp-Malumute Saloon , “Service with a Smile”, Northern Lights show
Day 51, Wednesday, July 12, Fairbanks, AK 0 miles.
Riverboat Discovery (tour saver #127)
Pioneer Park Big Stampede show, Palace theater “Golden Heart of AK” 8:15p
Day 52, Thursday, July 13, Fairbanks, AK 0 miles.
Tires rotated and oil change
U of Alaska museum and big animal farm
Day 53, Friday, July 14, Fairbanks, AK 0 miles.
Tour saver #118 – El Dorado Gold mine
Day 54, Saturday, July 15, Tok, AK 206 miles.
Burnt Paw & Cabins again
Leaving ALASKA
Day 55, Sunday, July 16, Destruction Bay 224miles.
Talbot Arms Motel
Burwash Landing,
Kluane Museum of Natural History
Provincial Park
Raven Inn (from $100 hamburger= best hamburger)
Day 56, Monday, July 17, Haines, AK 200 miles.
Captain’s Choice Motel
Eagles
Day 57, Tuesday, July 18, Haines, AK 0 miles.
Day 58, Wednesday, July 19, Whitehorse, YT 265 miles.
Yukon Inn again
Day 59, Thursday, July 20, Watson Lake, YT 275 miles.
Northern Beaver Post Cottages, again – Nugget City
Day 60, Friday, July 21, Iskut, BC 232 miles.
Red Goat Lodge
Day 61, Saturday, July 22, Stewart, BC 174 miles.
Ripley Creek Inn
Bear Glacier enroute in to Stewart
Fish Creek – Grizzly Bear Viewing Platform
Bitter Creek cafe
Day 62, Sunday, July 23, Smithers, BC 207 miles.
Hudson Bay Lodge
Ksan Historical village, Hazelton, BC totems
Kitango, totems
Day 63, Monday, July 24, Quesnel, BC 305 miles.
Best Western Tower Inn
Day 64, Tuesday, July 25, Osoyoos, BC 399 miles.
Holiday Inn
Oganogan Valley
BACK IN THE USA
Day 65, Wednesday, July 26, Clarkston, WA 295 miles.
Quality Inn & Suites Conference Center
Day 66, Thursday, July 27, Clarkston, WA 0 miles.
Beamers Hells Canyon tour – ½ day
Day 67, Friday, July 28, Missoula, MT 216 miles.
Holiday Inn
Lewis & Clark Center for Arts
Enroute Lolo Pass, Hwy 12
Nez Perce NP
Rocky Mountain elk Foundation
Missoula Carousel
Day 68, Saturday, July 29, Bozeman, MT 204 miles.
Super 8
Museum of the Rockies
Day 69, Sunday, July 30, Hardin, MT 190 miles.
Super 8
Little Big Horn VC
Day 70, Monday, July 31, Casper, WY 280 miles.
Holiday Inn
National Hist. Trails Inter. Ctr – free Golden Access Pass
Day 71, Tuesday, August 1, Cheyenne, WY 178 miles.
Best Western Hitching Post
Douglas museum
Ft Laramie
Wagon Wheel rutts
Frontier Museum
RR
Day 72, Wednesday, August 2, Dillon, CO 165 miles.
Comfort Inn & Suites
Breckenridge, Keystone,
Golden – Buffalo Bill Memorial
Train at ?
Leadville
Day 73, Thursday, August 3, Dillon, CO 0miles.
Day 74, Friday, August 4, Dillon, CO 0 miles.
Day 75, Saturday, August 5, Colorado Springs, CO 130 miles.
Rodeway Inn
Air Force Academy
Day 76, Sunday, August 6, Colorado Springs, CO 0 miles.
Garden of the Gods
Pikes Peak
7 Falls
Manitou Springs
Day 77, Monday, August 7, Colorado Springs, CO 0 miles.
Day 78, Tuesday, August 8, Colorado Springs, CO 0 miles.
Day 79, Wednesday, August 9, Canon City, CO 51 miles.
Holiday Inn
Royal Gorge dome train
Prison Museum
Day 80, Thursday, August 10, Montrose, CO 186 miles.
Quality Inn
Gunnison
Ute Museum
Glenn Eyne restaurant
Day 81, Friday, August 11, Cortez, CO 150 miles.
Comfort Inn
Million Mile road
Durango
Mesa Verde
NP anastaci ?
Day 82, Saturday, August 12, Albuquerqe, NM 249 miles.
Comfort Inn
4 corners, Farmington, NM
Balloon Fiest Park
Sandia Tram
Day 83, Sunday, August 13, Roswell, NM 215 miles.
Holiday Inn Express
Aliens!!
Day 84, Monday, August 14, Abilene, TX 315 miles.
Best Western
Day 85, Tuesday, August 15, Marshall, TX 331miles.
Holiday Inn Express
Day 86, Wednesday, August 16, Hattiesburg, MI 342 miles.
Best Western
Day 87, Thursday, August 17, Tallahassee, FL 339 miles.
Comfort Inn
Day 88, Friday, August 18, HOME 300 miles.
