Alaska Road Trip 2012

We did it.  And survived.  A 1350+ mile, 9 day, 8 night road trip around Alaska.  And to top it off, we camped 5 nights straight.  All those recent weekend camping trips were just test runs for Alaska. 

A Quick Rundown

We arrived in Anchorage Thursday night, just in time to eat a nice meal and head to our B&B.  The next day we bought groceries and headed to Denali National Park.  Along the way, we stopped at Eklutna Lake and Wasilla for photo ops.  We spent two nights at the Riley Creek Campgrounds just inside the park. Then we headed north through Fairbanks to Chena Hot Springs for a night.  After a nice soak in the hot springs, we drove 6.5+ hours south to Chitina where we camped by a waterfall.  The next morning we flew into McCarthy, took the shuttle to Kennecott, and hiked about 1.5 miles into Wrangell-St. Elias National Park to set up camp.  The next day we hiked 6.5 miles before flying back to Chitina and driving to Valdez.  We spent our last two nights at a B&B in Valdez, before conquering the 6 hour drive back to Anchorage.

So, to sum up, it was a whirlwind of a trip.  A sampler platter of Alaska if you will. 

And it was awesome.  Spectacular.  Great.

More pics and stories to come, but for those of you who might be skeptical that Jason and I actually camped 5 of the 8 nights, there are pictures…

Denali National Park

Chena Hot Springs

Liberty Falls Campground outside Chitina

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

For a sneak peak of the pictures from our trip, click here.