Preferred route to Seattle, WA
Our younger son and his wife are relocating to Bainbridge Island near Seattle. I'm scoping out info for a trip to visit them this summer. We'll leave southwest PA and travel to Davenport,IA to stop i...
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Best for what? From IA it's about 2000 miles. You can take lots of different routes without changing to total mileage too much.
Your son may be best source of information for the route close to Seattle, knowing your preferences and equipment. For example you might want to approach Bainbridge from the south (Olympia or Tacoma) rather than take the ferry from the end of I90 in Seattle.
A decent all freeway route would be I80/84/5 via Portland, with a minor tweaks where those freeways cross (eg. US30, I205). In Iowa you are already close to I80. U84 through the Columbia Gorge is scenic, and the flattest way across (through) the Cascades. And you can take 101 and 3 from I5.
But with the right vehicle and time I could scope out a 15 day trip with a lots of scenic driving and camping. I moved to Seattle a couple of decades ago in 8 days, taking backroads between most of the states.
Washington WSDOT has a good traffic site. They also have info on the ferries and toll bridge(s). The equivalent in Oregon is call Tripcheck.
Your son may be best source of information for the route close to Seattle, knowing your preferences and equipment. For example you might want to approach Bainbridge from the south (Olympia or Tacoma) rather than take the ferry from the end of I90 in Seattle.
A decent all freeway route would be I80/84/5 via Portland, with a minor tweaks where those freeways cross (eg. US30, I205). In Iowa you are already close to I80. U84 through the Columbia Gorge is scenic, and the flattest way across (through) the Cascades. And you can take 101 and 3 from I5.
But with the right vehicle and time I could scope out a 15 day trip with a lots of scenic driving and camping. I moved to Seattle a couple of decades ago in 8 days, taking backroads between most of the states.
Washington WSDOT has a good traffic site. They also have info on the ferries and toll bridge(s). The equivalent in Oregon is call Tripcheck.
