Well just did a trip check for the drive tomorrow from Portland to Bend, OR.It really is May, not March right!I just checking because This is the main highway from Salem, OR to Bend at Tombstone!This is about 40 farther east.Glad I haven't removed the chains from the 5er or the TV, and glad I have a 4X4!

Man thats in the mountains and we have had a couple of nice cold fronts move through. Remember April was in the 70's and 80's.

:) :) I'm in LaPine, just south of Bend. We've had snow off and on all day. :) The snow this time of year here will be incidental......nothing to worry about. If you plan a trek over the passes after 10:00 and before 4:00, you have an excellent chance of the roads being clear.......before and after those times will mean the wet pavement will ice up. Have a safe trip.

amandasgramma wrote::) :) I'm in LaPine, just south of Bend. We've had snow off and on all day. :) The snow this time of year here will be incidental......nothing to worry about. If you plan a trek over the passes after 10:00 and before 4:00, you have an excellent chance of the roads being clear.......before and after those times will mean the wet pavement will ice up. Have a safe trip.Not worried about the trip, just amazed at the weather for this time of year.These were the driving conditions coming home from the coast in January of 2011, but at least it was "seasonal"! This is Highway 26 coming home from a long weekend at Nehalem Bay SP by Manzanita.

yes next Monday is Memorial daynext week end is the holiday weekendyup, mother nature is tough

We had plans of Crater Lake next week & driving the rim. Looking at the forecast, change of plans. We will head for the coast. Record cold has been with us ever since we started 6 weeks ago in MD.

This is the end of May, Memorial Day weekend, Right?

Hammerhead
Explorer
May 22, 2013
We don't plan any trips to Crater Lake early in the summer. One year we visited on the 4th of July weekend and they had just finished digging out the road around the rim of the crater.

Veebyes wrote:
We had plans of Crater Lake next week & driving the rim. Looking at the forecast, change of plans. We will head for the coast. Record cold has been with us ever since we started 6 weeks ago in MD.
rhagfo
Explorer III
May 22, 2013
goducks10 wrote:
Why would you go over Tombstone pass? That's the long way from Salem. We live in Salem (Keizer) and the normal way is on US22 through Detroit. No snow there. Snow at the Santiam junction. Temps should warm up a bit tomorrow and the pavement should just be wet. We're taking off Friday for Suttle Lake. Fingers crossed on that. I did mention to the wife last night while turning on the pellet stove that normally we never use it this late in the year. Hey at least diesel is cheaper than reg. Haha.

Yea, you caught me, been a while since i last made that trip, thought 22 was the worst of the two, and that 20 came out of Salem. Still a fare amount of late Spring snow in the Cascades!
Greentow
Explorer
May 22, 2013
Doug, back here on the Eastern Shore (Delmarva), it's mid-80's, maybe some showers.
amandasgramma
Explorer
May 22, 2013
May be too late for you this morning, but Santiam Pass has bare pavement. We've had snow here this morning, but it's on and off.....was sticking, but is now melting.
rhagfo
Explorer III
May 23, 2013
Well the trip was uneventful, it did snow a bit near the summit, but road was clear. Temp in bend area was 27 degrees. Clear and sunny
goducks10
Explorer
May 23, 2013
Uneventful is good.
doxiemom11
Explorer II
May 23, 2013
We're in northern lower Michigan and it's cold and raining. The temp tonight is supposed to get down to mid-30's and a cold weekend forecast. Many of our reservations for the weekend have cancelled. No hookups here, so most would have no heat.

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