Headed North in Winter (Eastern Washington)

The other issue is we have not talked about much how you are going to get there and return three weeks later that time of year. We have been snowbirding in Arizona for the last five years. At the Ca/Or boarder are the Siskiyou Mountains. I have been both over and around them depending on weather. I once traveled towing the area on the first day of April on the only day that week that it did not snow up there. So when you go around that time of the year, that means Hiway 101 on the coast, which adds a day or two to our trip to Arizona. 101 requires a lot more work on the drivers part. The best winter route between the coast and I-5 is 38 thru Drain to Reedsport, as it stay at lower elevations. This route bypasses the other humps in Southern Oregon on I-5. Campgrounds between Santa Rosa and Eureka during the winter can be a challenge.

If it is a mild winter in Central Oregon then coming up I-5 and taking 97 to Klamath Falls and up thru Bend is the shortest route. Here is a great site to get to know. Tripcheck Also Central Oregon on 97 way be campground challenged.

I do not mess with the Siskiyou's, if there is a chance of snow I go around! This is a very heavily traveled trucking route, and becomes a really big mess quickly with lots of wrecks occurring.

So ask away on route issues. Chris