Washington State parks over crowding
Today As I returned to my Island, the traffic was horrible, traffic was at a stand still for 5 miles either side of the Deception Pass State Park, simply because the parking area for viewing the pass...
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For the past 5+ years we've been taking the ferry over to Port Townsend when heading south from BC to avoid the Seattle traffic. The Deception Pass bridge has never bothered me (with the TT in tow).
Couple of weeks ago we needed to stop in Woodland (near the WA/OR border) before heading out to the WA coast and decided to take the 405 "detour" around the east side of Seattle instead. Big mistake. Used to be much faster and easier than driving through Seattle but it was a total nightmare drive despite being a Thursday, esp. with the TT. Towing around San Francisco is much easier in comparison IMO...
I'd rather drive back and forth through Deception Pass all day long than around Seattle on 405 just once.
Maybe more folks have also been going to/from Port Townsend to avoid Seattle?
Yes, the traffic through Bellingham has been getting bad and it's not a very big city.
Couple of weeks ago we needed to stop in Woodland (near the WA/OR border) before heading out to the WA coast and decided to take the 405 "detour" around the east side of Seattle instead. Big mistake. Used to be much faster and easier than driving through Seattle but it was a total nightmare drive despite being a Thursday, esp. with the TT. Towing around San Francisco is much easier in comparison IMO...
I'd rather drive back and forth through Deception Pass all day long than around Seattle on 405 just once.
Maybe more folks have also been going to/from Port Townsend to avoid Seattle?
Yes, the traffic through Bellingham has been getting bad and it's not a very big city.
