On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Paul Guzyk <paullist08@guzyk.com> wrote:

> Instead of driving and paying over $1 per litre of fuel in Canada, you
> could take the ferry from Bellingham, WA to AK... probably still more
> expensive but you go along the "cruise ship" route and see the same scenery
> as the love boat etc....and you'll never have to worry about the border
> guards or hitting a moose along the way.
>
> http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/index.shtml
>
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> And I gotta admit, as much as I want to "see it all, experience it all" in
> AK next year, I don't want to drive the Alcan in both directions. Only the
> way back. I'm doing what Paul suggests next year and taking the ferry from
> Bellingham to Anchorage, then making my way back south over the next 3
> months. I have a niece & her family in Anchorage, so good reason to go that
> far north.

I've been advised not to miss the route the ferry takes. No other way to see
what you see than from the ferry.

bob