I HATE I-5 Trip Report
Yesterday we headed from Vancouver BC toward our destination at Lake Havasu AZ. We were held at US border while they searched our vehicle. Nothing was found and we wasted an entire hour while they took everything out of the truck. I made the mistake of having a small sign on my tool box that said "We don't call 911" and a picture of a hand gun. Shite, never thought anyone would take it serious but I now know it's there job to check everything. DW was pissed and declared jihad on me.
After a horrendous day of torrential rains and gusting winds up to 60 mph on hwy I-5, we stopped in Roseburg OR. As usual, Seattle and Portland were hell to travel through especially in that weather. I vow never to go that way again. It is always a pain.
While we stayed over night at Roseburg OR. I checked the highway and 10 day weather reports and decided to head over to Hwy 395 via 89 just south of Weed at Mt. Shasta. We've done this route before and love the scenery and lack of traffic. We got lucky and had temps as high as 60 degrees and even had sunshine part of the way. Definitely the way to go if you also HATE I-5 and check road conditions carefully. It's high elevation and gets lots of snow.
After a horrendous day of torrential rains and gusting winds up to 60 mph on hwy I-5, we stopped in Roseburg OR. As usual, Seattle and Portland were hell to travel through especially in that weather. I vow never to go that way again. It is always a pain.
While we stayed over night at Roseburg OR. I checked the highway and 10 day weather reports and decided to head over to Hwy 395 via 89 just south of Weed at Mt. Shasta. We've done this route before and love the scenery and lack of traffic. We got lucky and had temps as high as 60 degrees and even had sunshine part of the way. Definitely the way to go if you also HATE I-5 and check road conditions carefully. It's high elevation and gets lots of snow.
