Expenses for our Alaska Trip

Last week we showed our friends Mike and Gayle some of our photos from our trip to Alaska last year, so they would get an idea what to expect this year on their trip to Alaska. I remembered that I had wanted to include in our blog a recap of our expenses for our Alaska trip - so better late than never.

We left Dothan, Alabama on May 1, 2011 and returned on October 9, 2011. We drove a total of 13,291.7 miles.

We bought 2,047.8 gallons of gas for a total of $8,390.98. The most expensive gas we bought was in Watson Lake, Yukon on August 20 and paid $5.636 a gallon (converted from Canadian dollar to US dollar). The cheapest gas we bought was here on Dothan on October 9 for $3.139 a gallon.

We stayed in 53 campgrounds for a total cost of $2,904.31. We also stayed in 10 Wal-Mart Supercenters and dry camped in pull-offs 3 times. We averaged $18.04 a day for camping and that's including the nights at Wal-Mart Supercenter and the pull-offs.

We took the Alaska Ferry from Haines to Skagway and that cost us $227.00 for the RV, car and us (Tinker even had a ticket, but there was no charge for him).

Our sightseeing expenses totaled $627.12. We also enjoyed a lot of good food on our trip and our expenses for dining out came to $1,737.24.

So, just to recap -

                 $8,390.98    Gas
                   2,904.31    Campgrounds
                      227.00    Alaska Ferry
                      627.12    Sightseeing
                   1,737.24    Dining out
               $13,886.65

We had a great time on our Alaska trip. We enjoyed the scenery, wildlife and museums. We met a lot of great people and made a few new friends.