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Originally Posted by MikeSid
I've driven the coast from Monterrey, CA to Eureka, CA. And from Florence, OR to Astoria, OR.
If you are entirely avoiding I-5, two days is not enough time to get from SF to Bellingham. Even without traffic or getting stuck behind an RV, you won't be able to navigate that road at a sufficient speed to make the trip in 2 days.
SF to Eureka via coast hwy will take an easy 8 hours.
Following LWJ's advice will get you to Bend in another 8 hours.
Then head north to Leavenworth WA - via LWJ's route except I'd continue over Blewett Pass to Hwy 2. Then head to I-5 and north to Bellingham.
I think that's a doable drive, but will take about 25 hours of driving time. In my younger years, this would be a 2 day drive. Now, I'd do it in 3.
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I've visited parts of the Oregon coast - Cascade Head at least twice, also I think Nesokwin on one of those weekends and also Tillamook and Astoria. This was when I was visiting the same friends when they lived in Portland. So I'm interested in driving it if most of it is spectacular. But I'm not being religious about avoiding I-5. Like Portland to SEA I will very likely just take I-5 because the good stuff will have been behind me and it'll be dark anyway.
I'd like to keep my driving time to about 18-19 hours total, driving for much of Wednesday and all of Thursday. I don't have to be at SEA to pick up my sweetie until like 11PM so I have lots of time that day. At 48 I still have no problem doing a 12-hour day (I've driven from Detroit or Chicago to Atlanta at least once a year for the last 25 years and I always do it in a day except for last Christmas when I couldn't avoid a storm) but I want to leave at least a little time to stop and enjoy the scenery.
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Originally Posted by LWJ
Also. Anyone driving through the lovely metropolis of Portland send me a shout. I can meet for exceptional coffee, beer, or point y'all to some food carts.
While the PNW is very grey and wet in the Winter, it is about the most lovely place in the US in the Summer. Come and spend.
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I've been to Portland lots of times and loved it. Now that my friends there moved to Bellingham I'm not likely to go, but if the timing makes a stop possible I'll holler.