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Guide to the Alaska Highway: Your Complete Driving Guide
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Product Description North America’s Greatest Driving Adventure Ron Dalby is a veteran of more than 50 trips up and down his favorite road, and now he shares his Insider’s Tips with you. With Ron as your guide, you’ll discover the many treasures that the highway has to offer. Book Features: Need-to-know information about the Alcan’s incomparable 1,500 miles of highway Spotlight on more than 200 destinations Spectacular full-color photographs Tips on where to spot wildlife, favorite fishing holes, and more Expert input on vehicle prep, what to pack, and where to camp “Nobody knows Alaska’s highways and byways like Ron Dalby, and he has done a five-star job of describing them.” ― Camping Alaska and Canada’s Yukon “This guide is all you will need to make your trip up the highway the adventure of a lifetime”―Alaska Magazine “A must-have for the serious Alaska traveler.”―Sports Afield About the Author Ron Dalby grew up on the American road. He was but a year old in 1950 when he made his first trip down the Alaska Highway. Throughout the rest of his formative years, he crisscrossed the United States countless times as his father, a career army officer, moved from assignment to assignment. The urge to travel America’s roads never left him. Annual forays in Ron’s RV have led from his home in Alaska to as far away as Florida and almost everywhere in between. The RV is a perfect match for his itchy foot, and over the years he has owned or used one of every type available. Ron has worked as a writer and editor for nearly three decades, both as a free- lancer and on the staff of various publications. He served as editor of “Alaska Magazine” during the most successful period in its long history and has authored thousands of newspaper and magazine articles and five books. His most successful book, “The Alaska Highway: An Insider’s Guide,” though out of print for nearly a decade, is still available on Amazon.com’s used book list. This early-1990s book has been replaced with this “Guide to the Alaska Highway.” All of his writings are illustrated by photos he has taken himself. As a young adult, Ron served two tours as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam and later worked in Alaska as a military test pilot. He has made dramatic rescues of injured climbers on Mount McKinley (officially renamed Denali in 2015) and flown thousands of hours throughout the wilderness of Alaska, both in the military and as a civilian pilot. He has been married for 46 years to the former Jennifer Durland of Milwaukie, Oregon. She shares his love of travel and adventure and has more than once picked up on stories he might otherwise have missed. They have two grown children, Eric and Tiffany, four granddaughters, and a grandson. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. CHAPTER 8: CHOOSING A ROUTE Just getting to the start of the Alaska Highway will be an adventure for most people. There are dozens of possibilities. In the following pages, suggested and alternate routings are presented for people starting from anywhere in the United States or Canada. All lead to a single town in northern British Columbia, Dawson Creek, Milepost 0 of the Alaska Highway. MIDWEST PRIMARY ROUTEProbably no greater contrast exists for scenery on any route leading to Dawson Creek than starting in the corn and soybean fields near Chicago and winding up in the north woods in Canada. Leaving Chicago on I-90, drivers pass through low, rolling terrain, mostly farmers’ fields interspersed with wooded creek bottoms, in northern Illinois, Wisconsin, and on into Minnesota. This is good, easy driving, all on interstate highways. Stay on I-90 to Tomah, Wisconsin, and then change to I-94 for Minneapolis. As you approach Minneapolis, and later driving through Minnesota, cultivated fields give way more and more to forests, though small rural towns continue to dot the landscape. Travelers wishing to add Voyagers National Park to their itineraries will turn off I-94 in Minneapolis and head
