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Not a recommendation since I know that you're limited a bit. Just a statement.

I've not driven these roads, but if they are anything like the roads that I've driven in the Seattle - Ranier - Mt St Helens area, I suspect this would be a great drive (although obviously not coastal).




Many years ago, I drove from Seattle to Ranier, and then to Mt St Helens, and that drive was glorious (despite the Pontiag Grand Am rental car). Then a few years back, we drove from Seattle to Carnation to Cle Elum to Spokane to Mt St Helens and back to Seattle. Almost all of the driving (except to/from Spokane) was pretty amazing. In some ways, that was better because I was in a modern audi. But I was with the missus, so I did rein things in a bit. The drive with the grand am I saw pretty much no traffic. In the mountains nearest Mt St Helens, I drove until the brakes started to fade. Then I started shifting the automatic trans and gave the brakes a rest. Then I switched back to the brakes. It was foolish, but I was young.

It seems like almost anything that takes you through the cascades is going to be pretty good driving.