Washington mid October
We're having to change our Arizona October vacation to Washington state. Very open to suggestions as to where to go, with an itinerary driven by the following constraints: Week 1, depart the Salt L...
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diazr2 wrote:
What ever you do give yourself at least two to four hours of sitting in traffic while your in Seattle I am up there at least three times a year and I have yet to go and enjoy the highways. The 405 is outrageous highway 5 is horrendous. It is nothing to travel 20 miles in an hour. Wish I was kidding but I am not. Once your in the city it's marvelous. Pikes market always puts a smile on my face. The Sound is beautiful just a magical place... But when you see the sign 405 be fearful my friend be fearful.. Day Night weekend middle of the day middle of the night Packed always. It once took me 4 hours to travel from Seattle to Bellevue (10 miles of nothing but freeway) oh there I go bragging again.. Yes 4 hours is a pretty darn fast pace for that place.. Oh yeah and 90 should also be avoided.. :-)
What he said. My beloved Puget Sound region is broken. Seattle is LA now.
To get to the Washington coast west of Olympia now I leave my home 50 north of Seattle at 3am to get to Olympia and the route to the ocean before the traffic jams hit. It's no joke.
