| The following figures cover our monetary outlays for our trip to Alaska in May 2001 in a 2000 Dutch Star Diesel with a 300 CAT. These numbers will be different for a trip in today's dollars because of fuel costs, exchange rate, camping fees and the amount spent on sightseeing. Food costs are higher in Alaska mainly do to transportation no figures are included for food. |
| Traveled a total of 9840 miles from Nashville, TN and back. |
| Fuel and Maintenance |
| Used 1262 gallons at $1.59/ gal. 7.8 miles/gal. | $1995.00 |
| Oil change in Anchorage | $200.00 |
| Camping Cost |
| Camping fees for 52 days. 5 free and 47days at $19.55/day | $933.00 |
| Sightseeing cost for TWO adults. |
| Whitehorse, YT |
| Frantic Follies | $25.00 |
| Valdez, AK |
| Prince Williams Sound cruise, Columbia Glacier 6.5 hrs. |
$148.00 |
| Alyeska Pipeline Tour |
$30.00 |
| Seward, AK |
| Kenai Fjords Tours 8.5 hrs. |
$238.00 |
| Denali, AK |
| Flight to Mt. McKinley in a small plane. |
$380.00 |
| Kantisna Wilderness 13hr tour to Denali National Park |
$218.00 |
| Fairbanks, AK |
| Riverboat Discovery tour on the Tanana and Chena Rivers |
$80.00 |
| Skagway, AK |
| Glacier Bay Flights and the Spirit of Adventure tour |
$926.00 |
| White Pass & Yukon Route tour |
$164.00 |
| Fjord Express to Juneau |
$238.00 |
| Days of 98 Show |
$32.00 |
| Total cost for our trip |
$5,607.00 |
| Fuel: $2,195.00 | Camp: $933.00 | Sightseeing: $2,479.00 |