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olygene
Oct 07, 2015Explorer
As a former Washingtonian RV traveler, I made the trip from Seattle to SoCal several times. My preference is to drive from SoCal north to Seattle because you will be in the inside lane and will not have to hug the narrow shoulder on the ocean side of the highway in places. But if you have to start from Seattle I would drive south to Olympia WA and then catch Hwy101 to take you around the Olympic Peninsula, down the WA coast into Oregon. Stay on Hwy101 throughout Oregon and into NoCal. At MP 614 on Hwy101, turn right onto CA Hwy 1 and stay on it til you reach SoCal. As others have said, Hwy 1 can be extremely curvy and slow in the Summer with all the vacationers. But the photo of your rig looks like a 23' or 24' which is small enough to minimize the "white knuckles" your DW may get as she looks down the dropoff into the ocean. This is primarily a tourist route so many places on the coast will be closed during late fall and winter months so plan accordingly. Your 7 - 10 day trip will be more than sufficient for this trip. Several years ago I stopped at the Sea Lion Caves near Florence OR. SAVE your money--only go if you've never seen a sea lion before.
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