A Cross-Country Road Trip Guide
Alaska or Bust
North Georgia to the Pacific Northwest, an Alaskan cruise, and the long way home.
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The guide comes in four versions. Pick the window you are traveling in and every stop card tunes its advice, its color, and its weather to it.
The shape of the trip
- Total round-trip distance
- Approx. 8,000–9,500 miles
- Drive days outbound
- 10–12 days (suggested)
- Drive days return
- 12–13 days (suggested)
- Full trip with cruise
- 4–5 weeks total
- Cruise ports
- Seattle, WA or Vancouver, BC
- Daily driving sweet spot
- 300–400 miles / 5–6 hours max
- America the Beautiful Pass
- $80 — buy at your first national park. Covers all 14 parks on this route.