Best Route From South FL To Seattle
We are thinking of changing our plans leaving our home base in south FL July 5 for a few months in our 34 FT Class A towing a Honda. We were going to the SW but seeing the heat wave & fires there we a...
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Regarding the fires last year - every year has forest fires. Last year was worse than usual, or at least more news worthy - I'd have to check the statistics. So far, though, this year is quite a bit different from last. Last year we had the 'Blob' offshore, this we are transitioning from El Nino to La Nina.
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-very-different-late-spring-and-wet.html
http://wildfiretoday.com/2016/02/14/review-of-the-2015-wildfire-season-in-the-northwest/
Last year was much drier. We had a hot dry spell in May, but June has been on the cool side. Alberta has made fire news this year, but so far there hasn't been much activity in Washington (no current entries on Inciweb for Washington).
As long as you stay with freeways, and don't deviate too far off the diagonal, the travels won't differ too much. In a mapping program like GoogleMaps you can vary the route in various ways and see the difference in distance and estimated time.
There are various SE-NW options east of the Mississippi, fewer west.
I70 through Colorado has the highest climbing, and the best scenery.
I80 across Wyoming is flat and windy, but I84/82 is a diagonal to Oregon/Washington
I90 is diagonal in Wisconsin, but that requires getting close to Chicago, But the drive though Montana and Idaho is moderately scenic, and not too high.
For a bit more adventure, stick with I80 to Nevada, and NV/OR 140 into south Oregon. It's one of the more remote stretches of highway in the lower 48.
http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-very-different-late-spring-and-wet.html
http://wildfiretoday.com/2016/02/14/review-of-the-2015-wildfire-season-in-the-northwest/
Last year was much drier. We had a hot dry spell in May, but June has been on the cool side. Alberta has made fire news this year, but so far there hasn't been much activity in Washington (no current entries on Inciweb for Washington).
As long as you stay with freeways, and don't deviate too far off the diagonal, the travels won't differ too much. In a mapping program like GoogleMaps you can vary the route in various ways and see the difference in distance and estimated time.
There are various SE-NW options east of the Mississippi, fewer west.
I70 through Colorado has the highest climbing, and the best scenery.
I80 across Wyoming is flat and windy, but I84/82 is a diagonal to Oregon/Washington
I90 is diagonal in Wisconsin, but that requires getting close to Chicago, But the drive though Montana and Idaho is moderately scenic, and not too high.
For a bit more adventure, stick with I80 to Nevada, and NV/OR 140 into south Oregon. It's one of the more remote stretches of highway in the lower 48.
