Remote Alaska 2012
including Inner Passage, British Columbia, Yukon Territory,
Northwest Territories & Alberta

A birding and nature trip by RV caravan

© Bert & Shari Frenz, 2012 All rights reserved.

Chapter 1.  Rendevous in Washington

Pretrip – March 29 to April 16 – Texas to Washington
Day 1 – April 18 – Bellingham, WA
Day 2 – April 19 – Bellingham

Chapter 2. The Alaskan Ferry  

Day 3 – April 20 – Strait of Georgia, WA-BC
Day 4 – April 21 – Inside Passage, BC
Day 5 – April 22 – Ketchikan, AK
Day 6 – April 23 – Ketchikan, AK
Day 7 – April 24 – M/V Matanuska, Inside Passage, AK
Day 8 – April 25 – Sitka, AK
Day 9 – April 26 – Juneau, AK
Day 10 – April 27 – Juneau, AK
Day 11 – April 28 – Juneau, AK
Day 12 – April 29 – Haines, AK
Day 13 – April 30 – Haines, AK

Chapter 3. Alcan Highway Through Canada 

Day 14 – May 1 – Haines Junction, YT
Day 15 – May 2 – Destruction Bay, YT
Day 16 – May 3 – Beaver Creek, YT
Day 17 – May 4 – Tok, AK

Chapter 4. Central Alaska   

Day 18 – May 5 – Glennallen
Day 19 – May 6 – Glennallen
Day 20 – May 7 – Anchorage

Chapter 5. Coastal Alaska   

Day 21 – May 8 – Homer
Day 22 – May 9 – Kachemak Bay
Day 23 – May 10 – Homer
Day 24 – May 11 – Barren Islands
Day 25 – May 12 – Upper Kachemak Bay
Day 26 – May 13 – Kachemak Bay and Anchor Point
Day 27 – May 14 – Homer
Day 28 – May 15 – Homer to Voscensenka
Day 29 – May 16 – Anchor Point
Day 30 – May 17 – Nikolaevsk and Kenai River SMA
Day 31 – May 18 – Kenai Birding Festival
Day 32 – May 19 – Captain Cook State Park

Chapter 6. Interior Kenai Peninsula   

Day 33 – May 20 – Kenai River
Day 34 – May 21 – Skilak Lake
Day 35 – May 22 – Russian River

Chapter 7. Anchorage   

Day 36 – May 23 – Turnagain Arm
Day 37 – May 24 – Anchorage
Day 38 – May 25 – Anchorage
Day 39 – May 26 – Anchorage

Chapter 8. St. Paul Island, The Pribilofs   

Day 40 – May 27 – St. Paul Island
Day 41 – May 28 – St. Paul Island
Day 42 – May 29 – St. Paul Island
Day 43 – May 30 – St. Paul Island
Day 44 – May 31 – Anchorage
Day 45 – June 1 – Anchorage

Chapter 9. Nome          

Day 46 – June 2 – Anchorage
Day 47 – June 3 – Nome
Day 48 – June 4 – Nome: Council Road
Day 49 – June 5 – Nome: Kougarok Road  = ptarmigan quiz     = answers
Day 50 – June 6 – Nome: Teller Road
Day 51 – June 7 – Nome: Council Road
Day 52 – June 8 – Nome: Teller and Kougarok Roads

Chapter 10. Anchorage Area   

Day 53 – June 9 – Anchorage
Day 54 – June 10 – Anchorage: Arctic Valley and Eagle River
Day 55 – June 11 – Anchorage: Ship Creek and Westchester Lagoon
Day 56 – June 12 – Anchorage
Day 57 – June 13 – Anchorage
Day 58 – June 14 – Palmer
Day 59 – June 15 – Hatcher Pass

Chapter 11. Denali and Denali Highway   

Day 60 – June 16 – Trapper Creek
Day 61 – June 17 – Trapper Creek to Denali
Day 62 – June 18 – Denali National Park
Day 63 – June 19 – Denali National Park
Day 64 – June 20 – Denali National Park
Day 65 – June 21 – Denali Highway
Day 66 – June 22 – Denali Highway
Day 67 – June 23 – Denali Highway
Day 68 – June 24 – Denali Highway = Denali wildflowers

Chapter 12. Northern Alaska   

Day 69 – June 25 – Fairbanks
Day 70 – June 26 – Fairbanks = Fairbanks
Day 71 – June 27 – Fairbanks
Day 72 – June 28 – Elliott Highway     = Elliott Highway
Day 73 – June 29 – Elliott Highway     = Boreal Owl
Day 74 – June 30 – Dalton Highway: Mile 0 to 180
Day 75 – July 1 – Dalton Highway: Mile 180 to 245     = Dalton Highway
Day 76 – July 2 – Dalton Highway: Mile 245 to 275      
Day 77 – July 3 – Dalton Highway: Mile 275 to 414     = Dalton Highway wildflowers
Day 78 – July 4 – Deadhorse
Day 79 – July 5 – Dalton Highway: Mile 414 to 377
Day 80 – July 6 – Dalton Highway: Mile 377 to 250
Day 81 – July 7 – Dalton Highway: Mile 250 to 60
Day 82 – July 8 – Dalton Highway: Mile 360 to Fairbanks

Chapter 13. Aleutian Islands

Day 83 – July 9 – Parks Highway
Day 84 – July 10 – Parks Highway
Day 85 – July 11 – Anchorage
Day 86 – July 12 – Dutch Harbor     = Dutch Harbor
Day 87 – July 13 – Dutch Harbor
Day 88 – July 14 – Aleutian Islands: Unalaska to Akutan     = Ferry through Aleutian Islands
Day 89 – July 15 – Aleutian Islands: Akutan to Sand Point     = Humpback Whale dive sequence
Day 90 – July 16 – Aleutian Islands: Sand Point to Kodiak Island    = Fin Whales
Day 91 – July 17 – Kodiak Island and Katmai National Park     = Kodiak Is. & Katmai
Day 92 – July 18 – Kodiak Island
Day 93 – July 19 – Kodiak Island

Chapter 14. Eastern Alaska   

Day 94-102 – July 20-27 – Anchorage and Seward
Day 103-106 – July 28-30 – Anchorage to Glennallen    = Bald Eagle steels fish from Common Loon
Day 107 – July 31 – Lake Louise to Tok
Day 108 – August 1 – Tok
Day 109 – August 2 – Chicken
Day 110 – August 3 – Chicken
Day 111 – August 4 – Eagle

Chapter 15. Yukon Territory   

Day 112 – August 5 – Yukon River, Yukon Territory
Day 113 – August 6 – Dawson City
Day 114 – August 7 – Dawson City
Day 115 – August 8 – Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Territory
Day 116 – August 9 – Dempster Highway: Tombstone to Engineer Creek
Day 117 – August 10 – Dempster Highway: Engineer Creek to Eagle Plains
Day 118 – August 11 – Dempster Highway: Eagle Plains to Rock River

Chapter 16. Dempster Highway to Inuvik   

Day 119 – August 12 – Dempster Highway: Rock River to Peel River    = Pacific Loon takes flight on Midway Lake
Day 120 – August 13 – Dempster Highway: Peel River to Inuvik
Day 121 – August 14 – Inuvik
Day 122 – August 15 – Dempster Highway: Inuvik to Yukon Territory border
Day 123 – August 16 – Dempster Highway: Yukon Territory border to Engineer Creek
Day 124 – August 17 – Dempster Highway: Engineer Creek to Klondike Highway

Chapter 17. Alaska Highway   

Day 125 – August 18 – Klondike Highway to Alaska Highway
Day 126 – August 19 – Whitehorse to Watson Lake, YT
Day 127 – August 20 – Watson Lake to Liard River Hotsprings, BC
Day 128 – August 21 – Liard River Hotsprings to Petitot River, BC

Chapter 18. Yellowknife and Northwest Territories   

Day 129 – August 22 – Ft. Liard to Ft. Simpson
Day 130 – August 23 – Ft. Simpson to Ft. Providence
Day 131 – August 24 – Ft. Providence to Yellowknife
Day 132 – August 25 – Yellowknife
Day 133 – August 26 – Yellowknife
Day 134 – August 27 – Ingraham Trail, Yellowknife
Day 135 – August 28 – Yellowknife to Ft. Providence
Day 136 – August 29 – Ft. Providence to Hay River
Day 137 – August 30 – Wood Buffalo National Park
Day 138 – August 31 – Wood Buffalo National Park
Day 139 – September 1 – Sixtieth Parallel

Chapter 19. Alberta   

Day 140 – September 2 – High Level to Peace River
Day 141 – September 3 – Peace River to Slave Lake
Day 142 – September 4 – Edmonton
Day 143 – September 5 – High Plains
Day 144 – September 6 – Crossing the border

Epilogue

October 10 - Breckenridge, Colorado
Wildflowers   

 

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Revised: October 30, 2012.