Headed North in Winter (Eastern Washington)
So instead of being one of the snowbirds, I'm doing just the opposite. Headed north. Suggestions as to what I should be prepared for are welcome (besides cold weather :) ) Temps will be in the teens....
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You need to study up on winter driving on I-84 in the Baker City and La Grande, Or area. This is high country and can be very bad at times in the winter. Also study up on Cabbage Hill/Deadman Pass.
Google Search Lots of links and info.
If I-5 is bad, most of the people from the NW and BC head to the coast where you are fairly sure that you can still keep moving in the general intended direction.
Many area's will require and check that you have chains for one trailer axle. I do not, if weather is that iffy, I go to 101 on the coast. Last year going down, I went to the coast and then got a call from a friend that just had a nice drive over the Siskiyou Mountains. It was not worth the chance to me towing the trailer. If they make you buy chains from the roadside vendors, you pay twice or three times as much.
Chris
Bus crash Cabbage Hill!
Google Search Lots of links and info.
If I-5 is bad, most of the people from the NW and BC head to the coast where you are fairly sure that you can still keep moving in the general intended direction.
Many area's will require and check that you have chains for one trailer axle. I do not, if weather is that iffy, I go to 101 on the coast. Last year going down, I went to the coast and then got a call from a friend that just had a nice drive over the Siskiyou Mountains. It was not worth the chance to me towing the trailer. If they make you buy chains from the roadside vendors, you pay twice or three times as much.
Chris
Bus crash Cabbage Hill!
