Washington State itinery

TOMMY47 wrote:
Camper van pulling a very small trailer.
Coming to Oregon from Redwoods NP to Crater Lake, then back to coast near Bandon, then up 101.
In Washington, this is my planned route--Up 101 to Olympia NP, to North Cascades NP, to Mt Ranier NP and Mt ST Helens, to Columbia River Gorge, to, possibly Devil's Gorge, to Glacier NP.
Is this an efficient route for these stops?
Is it better to take ferry from Port Townsend to get to North Cascades or is it better to drive through Tacoma and Seattle?
Time is not an issue. Will be going Through tis part of trip in late July to end of August if warranted.

Since time doesn't seem to be an issue, I think that the way you have planned yout wanderings is kinda cool. I would do the redwoods to Crescent City and then 199 to Grants Pass with a stop at the Oregon Caves, then to Medford and up to Craster Lake and plan on staying at Diamond Lake CG as the ones at Crater Lake are gonna be pretty full. Then up to Bend and across to the coast via Sisters and Corvallis and then to Newport on the coast. Or... Oregon 138 to Roseburg and then 42 to the coast and wend your way up 101 to Olympic NP around to Port Townsend and across 0n the ferry to Whidbey Island,to North Cascades,down to Lake Chelan and Yakima over US 12 and White Pass to Mt Rainer NP. (with your small rig,you could take 410 to the Stevens Canyon rd and over to Paradise). From there to Elbe and back south to US 12 at Morton and west to I-5. Then Mt St Helens,Portland,east up the Gorge to Walla Walla and over to Lewiston again on US 12. At Lewiston,you'll want to take the jetboat up river for an awesome trip up into Hells Canyon. from Lewiston, you'll head up to Pullman,home of the awseome WSU Cougars, cross over to Moscow Id and take US95 all the way north to US 2 and from there to Glacier.