Starting to Plan Our Western Trip
Leaving around the 1st of August for a trip to the PNW. We're not a big fan of interstates and I've done coast-to-coast on both I-80 and I-90 in an earlier life, so I'm thinking about picking up US2 i...
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Most of my US2 experience is the stretch between Sand Point, ID and Everett, WA. I love the stretch heading west from Spokane across the State heading toward the Cascade Range. Eastern and central Washington here is referred to as “channeled scablands”, not desert. Coulees and basalt formations with “pothole” lakes. A unique place. That, plus miles of range, farms, and small towns.
There are two routes to the coast on this route when you reach the Columbia River-US2 junction just west of Waterville: (1) stay on US2 heading south from Orondo through Wenatchee and then up and over the Cascades on Stevens Pass to Everett, or (2) at Orondo turn north onto US97 and head through Lake Chelan to Winthrop (consult your road atlas)...take WA20 west over the North Cascades Highway through North Cascades NP to Burlington. This route is farther than the Stevens Pass route, but the scenery is awesome. The North Cascades are remote and rugged.
Both Everett and Burlington are on I-5.
There are two routes to the coast on this route when you reach the Columbia River-US2 junction just west of Waterville: (1) stay on US2 heading south from Orondo through Wenatchee and then up and over the Cascades on Stevens Pass to Everett, or (2) at Orondo turn north onto US97 and head through Lake Chelan to Winthrop (consult your road atlas)...take WA20 west over the North Cascades Highway through North Cascades NP to Burlington. This route is farther than the Stevens Pass route, but the scenery is awesome. The North Cascades are remote and rugged.
Both Everett and Burlington are on I-5.
