{"id":188190,"date":"2017-07-17T22:40:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T20:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudavymkrokem.cz\/?p=188190"},"modified":"2026-06-05T21:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:07:42","slug":"road-trip-alaska-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudavymkrokem.cz\/en\/road-trip-alaska-car\/","title":{"rendered":"We Built a Bed in Our Car and Hit the Road to Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We call her Red Chiquita \u2014 our 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan. Somewhere between the Yukon and Alaska, during those five minutes when the rain actually stopped<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n
It’s been raining for three days straight. We’re on our road trip to Alaska, driving along what’s supposedly one of the most beautiful highways in the world, but aside from a beaten-up road and bears wandering along the shoulder, we haven’t caught a single stunning view. Three thousand kilometres from Calgary and 30 hours of driving \u2014 25 of them in the rain. What the guidebooks and travel agencies won’t tell you is that those picture-perfect, almost kitschy photos they use to sell the trip aren’t the reality of every day.<\/div>\n
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After two weeks of camping in Hawaii, we set off in our car \u2014 complete with a DIY bed built inside \u2014 heading for Alaska. Our journey through Canada and the USA would take us nearly three months. We’d sleep at campsites, but also in supermarket car parks or tucked away somewhere off the main roads. We’d scramble up mountains, occasionally get dressed up and clean for a trip into town, and other times go days without a shower \u2014 simply because there’d be nowhere to wash, or no money for a campsite. We tracked every single expense in a spreadsheet, and you can check it out anytime. We’d spent the previous five months working in Canada to save up for this trip, having lived there for nearly a year with just a short break over Christmas.<\/div>\n
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