1,042 miles | 3 days – The Fox Adventure

Phew! Talk about three long days. The Canadian Northern Rockies are simply beautiful but it shocked Andrew and I how desolate the area that surrounded the Alaskan Highway is. There were multiple times after passing an overgrown run down area, that Andrew would comment that it looked like a zombie apocalypse just wiped out the mile of highway. We went three days with spotty cell phone service on the road. Then when we arrived at our hotel they would either allow only so much data usage or restrict the time on the internet.

The views driving up to Alaska were truly spectacular.

Along this stretch of highway we saw so much wildlife: black bears, bison, and mountain goats. In fact, we saw so many bears and bison we lost track.

yes, we passed a bison walking along the highway

I don’t fancy myself a high-maintance type of girl but I prefer to stay in a three star or better hotel. I quickly learned there aren’t many options of lodging along the Alaskan Highway. There were many stretches that we would not see fuel, food, or lodging options for hours. I had to swallow my pride and bring my own sheets and pillows just in case.