Redding, CA to Grants Pass, OR I-5

Gorgeous drive! Thru almost dried up Shasta Lake, peering at Mt Shasta, thru Jefferson county, up and over long sweeping hills down into Ashland, then to Medford and right up the road to GP.

donn0128 wrote:
Typical interstate highway..... BORING! Easy enough drive in about 3 hours.

I disagree. It's one of the prettier interstate drives I have seen.

Do check road conditions online -- the west has had an unusually warm winter, but black ice could still occur, depending on the weather and when you go.

Easy and nice drive from Redding to GP. We've stayed in GP alot at a campground along the River.

It's freeway driving all the way, sure it's up and down and windy, but that keeps the driving interesting.

I've made this trip several times in the RV Towing all four wheels down with no problems.

No problem at all I 5 is an Interstate. Routes to the coast are a little curvy. Just did the route from Redding yesterday cut across at Grants Pass to the coast. 34 feet towing a 4 door Jeep.

Traveled this route about 20 times.

Pogoil.

No I am not kidding

Kind of hope you're kidding. Grants Pass to Redding via I-5? Sometimes hear from students at OSU (200 miles north) driving I-5 to Redding for lunch at In'N'Out! Certainly no challenge except during winter snows (travelled the Siskiyous last week and no sign of snow - lowest accumulations on record they say). BTW - none of the several routes from I-5 to the coast are a challenge for a motor home.

It's a great ride. The roads to the coast are winding and sometimes hilly. Just take your time, enjoy the view, and use the pullouts to let the fast cars by.

Since "The Wicked Witch of the West"
lives in Seattle, we make this trip every year. In fact making it 10 days from now.

Suggestion..............
purchase enough fuel for you to get to Ashlan, Oregon.
1) Fuel prices are much cheaper outside of California
2) They pump the fuel for you by state law.

jb