Looking to do a 5 day road-trip starting from Seattle. Feedback in my proposed route?
Hey y'all,
I just got a new car (subaru outback!) and am itching to take it on a road trip. I want to go solo, because I just want to do whatever I want to do on my own schedule. I think I can do a total of 5 days (probably Wed-Sun), and I'm planning to do it some time at the end of March or early/mid April. I'm going to do a Portland or Canada weekend trip in the meantime to tide myself over.
So...thoughts? Tips? Tricks? I figure I'll just sleep in my car for most of it, buy showers at YMCAs and the like if I need to. most of the southern driving will be on 101, since that's the most scenic. i've taken 101 all the way down to SoCal before and it was stunning!!
A loop route would obviously be the best bang for my buck. I figure 5-6 hours of driving every day will allow me to cover about 1600 miles total. So, I need to figure out where those miles will be spent! a main goal of mine is to make it to the redwood national parks.
Current plan, roughly:
- Wednesday morning early (6am?), set out west towards the coast
- head southwest to Astoria, OR on 101 (~4 hrs, 190mi)
- explore Astoria
- drive south to Cannon beach (40 min, 26mi)
- beach time! explore!
- sleep in car
- total miles: ~216
- Thursday morning
- drive south to Tillamook (1 hr, 40mi), tour the factory at 8am!
- 10am? head south. long day, going all the way to Gold Beach OR
- drive south to Gold Beach/Otter point state recreation site (5 hr 14 min, 247 mi)
- explore the area
- sleep in car
- total miles: ~287
- Friday morning:
- Drive south to redwood national and state parks (2 hrs, 100mi)
- explore the redwoods! explore this area!
- drive north, to Medford Oregon (3 hrs, 150 miles)
- sleep
- total miles: ~250
- Saturday morning:
- drive northeast to Crater Lake national park (1 hr 40 min, 90mi)
- explore the national park
- drive up to Eugene, OR (visit Jerome?) (3hr 15 min, 165mi)
- sleep
- total miles: ~255
- Sunday morning:
- drive up to Portland, OR (2 hr, 110mi)
- fuck around Portland for a bit!
- drive the fuck home (3 hr 30 min, 180mi)
- SLEEP
- total miles: 290
So this plan actually puts me at about 1300 miles, rather than topping out at 1600...this seems reasonable! a little wiggle room for side trips or errors.
so, thoughts on my plan?
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