Best route from Lubbock, TX to Shelton, WA

I-5

Google maps is suggesting Texas-NM-Utah-Idaho-Oregon-then I5 to Washington. Is that a risky route?

It is risky that time of year. I would head to I-5 as soon as possible. Pay very close attention to weather.

We looked at that route too, but what about driving through Oregon on I5? We saw some scary posts about driving through Oregon. We have an F250, but no snow chains. Is that something we should worry about? We are from Texas and not very familiar with driving through snowy or icy roads.

The most direct route according to Google is 1800 miles. However if you do not mind driving 2400 miles I would take I40 to LA then Highway 1 to San Francisco then the 101 the rest of the way. We take 7 days to drive from Banning CA to near Shelton. Our longest day is 246 miles. If you decide this way let me know and I will tell you our stops.

Thanks TyroneandGladys! Can you send me the stops? Also, have you ever driven this route in November?

I would not recommend CA-1 (Cal-1), it's a tourist road not a travel road.
US101 avoids going over a couple grades that I-5 has to. But it does so, through Oregon and Washington by being very twisty, again more of a tourist road.

November is -not- usually nasty going over the passes on I-5. If it happens to get nasty, wait a day or two and roads will be better.

Where are you staying in Shelton, not a lot of RV "parks" there, plus the economy there has gone very bad since the mill closed earlier this year (yes, I know Shelton well)

spah wrote:
We looked at that route too, but what about driving through Oregon on I5?

I5 will be your route of least-likely bad weather and snow.

Hi new neighbor. I have done the Albuqueque, Salt Lake City route in November going south and didn't have a bit of trouble, and the only snow I hit was in New Mexico. But I was going the other way and I had the time to pull over and wait out the weather. Safe is I5 but you still have the Siskayous to deal with so make sure you bring chains for the truck.
Have to seen RVparkreview.com yet. Great for finding places to camp along the way. You shouldnt need reservations.
Shelton is a wonderful little town and I'm sure you will enjoy living there.

So I5 is the safest. We didn't really want to drive through LA, but I guess we will not have much of a choice on that. We are trying to find the easiest, safest route.

n7bsn: We are actually staying in Hoodsport, WA at the Glen Ayr rv park. I didn't know if many people would know that area so I made our end destination in Shelton.