We travel from The Woodlands to Seattle WA every year. We go up in June and return around late Oct. We normally start our drive home at Woodburn OR, after visiting friends in the Portland area. It takes us at least 7 days to get to the Austin area. This is driving at least 1 or 2 days of 400 mi. We normally come down I-5 through CA. to Bakersfield, then CA-58 over to Barstow and I-40 then drop down at Needles CA. to I-10 and Pheonix. After that we take 10 to 290 and 290 into the north end of Houston. The CA trip is the usual way because of the weather at that time of year. We have come across I-40 through northern AZ and NM, but that all depends on the weather, as does coming across nortern OR on I-84 to I-80 in WY then down I-25 through CO. to Raton NM, then on US-87 to Amarillo and on southeast through Texas. The latter is the route we took to come up this Spring. Any way you go it's 7 to 10 days to Portland depending on how far you want to drive. On the I-10/I-5 route the only problem we have had was snow in the Siskyou's in Northern CA. and Southern OR. but we just waited an extra day and made the run on a day the highways and the skies were clear. There are lots of grades between Redding CA. and Roseburg OR., so the going is not like west Texas. Any of the routes I have mentioned are good drives and but different. I'll be headed the other way in late Oct./early Nov. If you want stops and RvPk's on any of the routes message me and I will give you our stops and favorite RvPk's. Have a great trip. Be safe...John...PS, You must carry tire chains in OR in the winter.
