Paul,

Thanks for sharing the link to your photo's.  I especially enjoyed the Costa Rica section, we have pictures taken in some of the same places from our trip there.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Guzyk <paullist@GUZYK.COM>
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:20 pm
Subject: Re: High fuel costs threaten Alaska trip NOT!
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> Even if it costs you $1,000 more than it would have cost last year
> it's still worth the trip....ask anyone who has done it.
>
> Alaska (and the Yukon/BC) is incredible in the summer.  Long days,
> lots of nature.
>
> Thousands of places to stealth camp for free.  Cook your own meals to
> save money...you've got a Westy, use it!  Also, you will smile to
> yourself every time you see a 45 foot motorhome filling up.
>
> Things we liked on our trip (all on the Canadian side):
>
> Liard Hotsprings northern BC near the Yukon border.  Rustic hot
> springs in the middle of nowhere.
>
> Atlin BC, an hour off the ALCAN but a neat little town, worth
> visiting, especially if you can take the glacier tour by small
> airplane.  The plane ride over glaciers was the highlight of our
> trip, well worth the money.
>
> Dawson City, Yukon.  The site of the "Alaska" gold rush.  Great
> museum and wonderfully restored gold rush buildings. In the late
> 1890's Dawson was the biggest city west of Chicago and North of San
> Francisco.
>
> The scenic Dempster highway north of Dawson, stay below 50 MPH and
> you won't blow your tires.  Drive up the Artic Circle marker or all
> the way to Inuvik which has a great municipal campground.
>
> Top of the World highway between Dawson and Tok Alaska, very scenic.
>
> Photos from our trip in 2002 (scroll down to the Canada area)
> http://www.pauldottrip.com/index_northamerica.html
>