>I was wondering if anyone would care to offer some tips on traveling
> to Alaska by VW in the summer. Plan to drive.
> Tips on places to stop, things to see, VW stuff or anything else you
> think is important to be mentioned on talking about driving up to
> Alaska.
> FWIW I'm going to save these for now...

awright. absolutely first thing you do, before you do ANYthing else
... to the bus, buy clothes, anything...

go here www.themilepost.com and order a copy of The Milepost
magazine(book?).

it is amazing. astounding. stupendous. and all them other words. :)

for ONLY $34, you get pictures, maps, km-by-km descriptions of what
lies on each of a half-dozen routes from the u.s. to alaska, plus
side-trip highways to Inuvik, Yellowknife, or wherever, ads by the gas
stations, restaurants, hotels/motels, sight-seeing attractions,
museums, animals, flowers, rivers, fish, and various oh-look-at-that
thingies along the way. maps of the cities along the route, even the
smaller ones. they even have the ferry schedules and prices if you
would rather drive up and cruise back, or vice versa. dates, times,
and places for festivals, celebrations, annual moose-dung fling,
berry-picking contests, salmon grilling extravaganza, and other such
silly nonsense.

did i mention pictures? makes you sick that you're not there already.

it is WELL worth the money, even if you never go to Alaska (i've been
buying the damned things for like ten years, and haven't even made it
as far north as the border).

no,really, this is something you really should buy and read, if you
are even thinking about going to Alaska.
this is THE magazine/book (it's softbound, but it's like over 20mm
thick!) for the coffee table or the porcelain reading throne. :)  it's
not for men only, or women only, or kids only, it's for everybody.

oh, and do take it with you on the trip. ;)

happy traveling!
unca joel
(... one of these days ...)