First of all, that sounds awesome and I hope it works out and you and your wife find yourselves spending every Summer in Alaska.

Secondly, my advise would be to get a vehicle and a boat and leave it up there. The best way that I know of to get a truck and boat up there would be via the ferry out of Seattle. My wife's cousin who was stationed in Alaska while in the military did this with his truck. He drove it from Texas to Seattle and then put it on the ferry. He then hoped on a plane and flew from Seattle to Alaska. He rented a vehicle until his truck arrived. Not sure how long it took. After he got it up there he was deployed to Afghanistan and so he locked it up in a storage facility while he was gone. He did this on two separate deployments and never had an issue.

If you bought land, you could simply build you a storage barn/facility or use a shipping container as you described and park the truck and boat in there when you're not in Alaska.

 

Secondly, my advise would be to get a vehicle and a boat and leave it up there. The best way that I know of to get a truck and boat up there would be via the ferry out of Seattle. My wife's cousin who was stationed in Alaska while in the military did this with his truck. He drove it from Texas to Seattle and then put it on the ferry. He then hoped on a plane and flew from Seattle to Alaska. He rented a vehicle until his truck arrived. Not sure how long it took. After he got it up there he was deployed to Afghanistan and so he locked it up in a storage facility while he was gone. He did this on two separate deployments and never had an issue.

Driving to Seattle and using a ferry would cut the driving portion of the trip in half. Which is a good thing.

 

Few places in the World can even approach what Alaska has to offer those that love the outdoors. I hope you are successful. I toyed with the same idea and would have done it if the family shared my love of Alaska.

Regarding the boat question, I would seriously look at purchasing it in Alaska...a boat made for those waters. Better functionality and better resale if you need to do that. Most of their river boats have built-in protection from the elements and are reliable Honda powered. In Alaska, those can become critical factors in an instant.

I'd really be interested in your progress on this journey if you decide to share it on the 'net.

 

Regarding the boat question, I would seriously look at purchasing it in Alaska...a boat made for those waters. Better functionality and better resale if you need to do that. Most of their river boats have built-in protection from the elements and are reliable Honda powered. In Alaska, those can become critical factors in an instant.

I was looking at what the fishing guides were using (the salmon guides - the trout guys were using something totally different). They look EXACTLY like the boats used by duck hunting guides here. I think our oyster reefs do more damage than their river rocks.

 

Lund Alaskan. I love mine.

 

I know a water well guy from Port Alto area that has a place down there he goes and stays alot

 

drive to portland . get with lynden.com to place on a boat . we use them for commercial projects all the time .

 

My bother in law trailers his 21’ Hewscraft from Washington State to Ketchikan Alaska for a month every summer he has to take it on a Canadian Ferry from Prince Rupert for part of the trip. You can also put a pickup pulling a boat on a ferry all the way to Alaska in Bellingham Washington. There should be rates for this trip on line but it maybe competitive with pulling a boat all the way there. You might even be able to sell the ferry trip at home as an Alaskan cruise.

 

buy it in seatle and ride up on the ferry

 

I know a water well guy from Port Alto area that has a place down there he goes and stays alot

Until we can find "the right place", I may be looking for a place I can rent for a semi-extended stay. Does he rent it out? Of course, I would probably want to be there the same time he is...

There should be rates for this trip on line but it maybe competitive with pulling a boat all the way there. You might even be able to sell the ferry trip at home as an Alaskan cruise.

our first trip to Alaska was on a 7 day cruse from Seward to Vancouver. So I don't think they'll fall for the "less value cruise". 🤣 🤣

 

Probably an excessive cost. Buy a connex truck and boat here. put truck and boat in connex. Ship loaded connex to desired location.

 

Good luck to you on buying a place. Alaska is amazing!!!!
I have been 7 times and every time my wife and I discuss buying a place there.
We were thinking staying full time but winters are bleak.
If you do pull a boat there make sure you have spare hubs and a well maintained trailer. New even.
Great ideas by everyone.