About Us

Gary & Stacey Quimby

Founders of RVing to Alaska

We’re Gary and Stacey Quimby, the husband-and-wife team behind RVing to Alaska. We are full-time Alaska residents, longtime RV travelers and passionate advocates for helping others experience the incredible journey north.

Our story with Alaska began long before RV2AK. Stacey spent summers during her childhood aboard her grandparents’ boat exploring Southeast Alaska, creating a connection with the state that never went away. Years later, we began making our own trips north by RV and quickly discovered just how many questions travelers had about making the journey themselves.

So in 2016, RVing to Alaska was born.

From One RV Trip to an Alaska Community

For our 2017 Alaska adventure, we documented nearly everything. We recorded every drive day, saved fuel receipts, reviewed campgrounds, filmed our adventures and shared what we learned along the way.

At the same time, we created a small Facebook group for other RVers making the journey that year. Travelers began sharing road conditions, campground information, border experiences and favorite stops in real time. What started as a simple way to help one another quickly became something much bigger.

Today, RVing to Alaska is one of the largest online communities dedicated specifically to independent RV travel to Alaska, connecting travelers before and during their journey while providing firsthand information, education and support.

Alaska Became Home

After years of traveling north as visitors, we followed our hearts and moved to Alaska permanently in 2021. Today we live in Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley, giving us the opportunity to experience the state not only as RV travelers, but as residents.

RV2AK has also grown from a passion project into an Alaska-owned business encompassing our online community, travel-planning resources, one-on-one consultations, Preferred Partner program for discounts and travel specials, traveler meetups and our annual RVing to Alaska RV Rally.

We remain actively involved in Alaska’s tourism industry, working with communities and businesses throughout the state and advocating for the independent RV traveler. Stacey is an Alaska Certified Expert through the Alaska Travel Industry Association and also serves as Managing Editor of THE MILEPOST®, one of the most recognized travel guides for Alaska and the North.

We Still Believe in the Journey

After all these years, our philosophy remains pretty simple: you don’t need a caravan or guided tour to RV to Alaska successfully.

You need good information, realistic expectations, a little confidence and a community you can turn to when questions arise.

That’s what we built RVing to Alaska to provide.

Whether you’re still wondering if you can really make the drive, actively planning your first trip north or already somewhere along the Alaska Highway, we hope RV2AK helps you travel with confidence, discover places you might otherwise have missed and meet some pretty incredible people along the way.

Because getting to Alaska is only part of the adventure.

Plan your adventure. Find your community. RV to Alaska.