This is a true story. TRAVELS WITH D'ARCY "To Alaska and Back" serves as a classic reminder there's a state in our union as beautiful as God, and as American as scrimshaw carvings. It's legend. And it's far away, but you can drive there via the Alcan Highway through the Yukon. This journey offers a unique glimpse of our 49^th State's future by examining its past. This 8,599-mile trip to 'Alaska State Park' from Summerland, California is a splendid odyssey, revealing a land both brazen and breathtaking, where glaciers carve mountains out of stone and the wind howls voices spirited from the past.