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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PNW_Steve wrote:
Opinions vary :)
I have driven those routes a fair bit over the last 35+ years.
I hate driving what another poster called "the gauntlet". I avoid the Seattle area as much as I can.
But, I would take the I-5 route before Hey 2 & 97. Especially towing.
If you time it right you have a fair shot at missing the worst of the traffic.
No manner of planning will straighten out the curves in Hey 97 :)
At some point you must cross the mountains, to get to Bend, easiest way is I-84, 197, 97
197 and 97 doesn't have any curves that anyone would notice.
