Best Route From Vancouver BC to Bend OR
I'm planning a trip to Bend OR in June. Goggle map suggests 3 alternatives: Take I5 to near Portland, then I205 and east on I84, south on US26 at Wood Village to Bend Take I5 to Salem, east on ...
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Tom/Barb wrote:
Flattest route, I-5 south to I-84 east 197 and 97 south.
Simply time your travels thru Seattle.
That's what I lean towards. Between steep grades and traffic congestion, I'd rather fight the traffic then driving with one eye on the temperature gauge.
Last September I pull through Siskiyou Summit on I5 on a 90F+ day and barely survived. My transmission was at the verge of overheating. On the same trip, I rubbed shoulders with LA commuters for a few days, Seattle traffic is nothing to it comparing to LA.
