Trip from Vancouver BC to Palm Springs
I thought it should be easy, but I am having problems. I was hoping to drive from Vancouver BC down to Palm Springs and I am worried about the roads and snow. Is there any way to check the condition...
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bikendan wrote:
if you drive I5, there's only one real "pass" and that's the Siskiyou Pass, at the Calif./Oregon border.
it's the highest elevation on I5, at only 4,310ft.
I went over that pass in 1988 in a 26' U-Haul towing a twin axle trailer. As I progressed uphill from the California side drizzle changed to sleet and then to ice at the top. I had no tire chains and it took me an hour to get to the bottom! My wife had driven ahead and I found her down the highway parked in an Oregon rest area crying her eyes out because she thought I must have had a wreck and died!
I guess what I'm trying to say is, plan your route in advance and before you go over any high passes make sure that you check for road conditions on top of the pass as well.
If you want to stay pretty much ice/snow free you could go down through California and cross to Florida on I-10 (a long trip). As for driving through LA and its nightmare traffic, the last time I drove my RV through LA I did it at 2:00am and it was very nice.
BTW I wintered over in southeast Arizona last year and at least half the people in my park were Canadian.
Steve
