On 1/25/2019 at 11:20 PM, SWharton said:

We are interested in traveling to Dawson Creek on the west side of Banff/Jasper looks like it would be CA 95 partway. Any comments would be appreciated. 

I am having problems finding highwy 95 in BC.  Could you mean PH-97 (PH is Provincial Hwy) going through Prince George.  It is a good mostly 2 lane hwy. Pretty drive north of Prince George.  As with most of the highways we drove on in BC & YT lots of easy curves and hills and speed limits in the 50-55mph. 

BTW we never found bad roads in BC & YT (construction up near the AK border excepted).

It goes from Eastport on the border north.............

  On 1/26/2019 at 6:47 AM, Al F said:

I am having problems finding highwy 95 in BC. 

Eastport, Idaho

  On 1/26/2019 at 7:05 AM, 2gypsies said:

Eastport, Idaho

Thanks.  I see it now.  PH-95 starts at the border and terminates at Golden, BC where it meets up with TC-1.  I was looking to far north in BC.

I'll suggest something to keep in mind. Be flexible!. In 2014 when we made the trip, we crossed at Sweetgrass, MT. on I-15. Wanted to come back down thru B.C. into Washington but the roads were closed because of fires and smoke.

Flexibility is the key. In one 3 week period a few years ago we experienced winds from a hurricane that was offshoret Asateague, drove down to the Outer Banks and were evacuated from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. We just left, 2 hurricanes in 3 weeks was too much FYI-th second hurricane flooded the main rod at Cape Hatteras and I understand from friends that people were kayaking on the road..............Be flexible..............

We are planning to head to Alaska from Gulf Shores AL the end of May . Have an obligation in Little Rock June 6  Then plan to put some miles behind us the next week. Wanting to make Alaska border by July 1 

Plan is 6-7 weeks then head home to Missouri. More obligations September 1 

Maybe we’ll cross paths! 

HaI just pulled out my 2017 Milepost and discovered there is an online version but only if you have an up-to-date Milepost.

Has anyone used the online version? Is it worth my buying a new book? I figure the online version is only good when we have internet which will probably be sorely lacking except in towns. We are planning a fair amount of boondocking.

Thanks

I prefer Churches' book Traveler's Guide to Alaska... over the Milepost.  Also, if you stop at Dawson Creek, the visitor center has a very up-to-date listing of campgrounds, fuel, etc along the Canadian part of the Alaskan Highway.

Here is the journal of a trip we made in 2015.

Thanks for the feedback. I have Churches' book and a hard copy from Days End for overnight stops.

I was just wondering about the benefit, didn't know about it until 60 minutes ago so no loss and save some $$.