Drive Cantwell to Paxson.

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The RV rental process was fairly painless for my family. Just watch a video that tells you not to destroy the RV and pay a big chunk of money. Almost everything seems to be expensive in Alaska.

May is still Winter there

Late June to Early August would be better

Go after Labor Day (peak tourist season) and rent a car on the Turo app. We started our road trip on Labor Day weekend through the following weekend, after Labor Day the traffic was non-existent. I better we maybe passed 10 cars from Healy to Cantwell. We paid 45 a day for a Tacoma and drove almost 1500 miles around the state in September 2021. The only annoying part about Turo was we had to take a cab across town to pick the truck up at the owners home. Other than that though the experience was great.

I just went down to Seward not all the way out to Homer. Seward didn’t do much for me. Valdez was worth the long drive out there, neat little town and not so crowded. The drive there was great as well. Glennallen to Delta was a nice drive, it was just a little stressful since we drove that on Labor Day and everyone was rushing back to Fairbanks with campers and boats. Nice scenic drive though. People think I am nuts but I thought Delta Junction was the best place we visited. We liked the farmland and the views of Alaska Range. Fairbanks was okay, better than Anchorage. Healy was pretty but nothing was open after Labor Day. The whole town was moth balled for winter. All in all, the interior was our favorite part. We plan to go back this September. Driving this time and going out to some of the smaller towns on road system like McCarthy, Eagle, Circle etc.

My RV reservation for 2023 with GAH will be in the neighborhood of $3800 for 8 nights out the door including one tank of fuel and propane. 32' RV. Its Much easier to swallow splitting between 5-6 guys vs a couple. This is my sixth time organizing a trip to Alaska and the average door to door from WV costs per person is right at $2K. I was worried about plane tickets prices this year as they have been trending higher. I booked at $964 a person with flights that fit our itenerary very well.