Road Trip - Washington, Oregon & N.Cal

[Globespotter]

I'm a great believer in using our vintage VW's as they were intended rather than babying them, and in that vein, I am planning a road trip this June traveling from home here near Toronto, Canada to Seattle, WA, picking up my daughter who is planning to fly out to Seattle, and road tripping down the coast of Washington, Oregon & N.Cal to San Francisco.

My daughter will fly home from SF, and I will drive back since she has less vacation time.

Looking forward to some old fashioned VW road tripping, and will update this thread with our progress / adventures, since there are always adventures.
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[Dwayne1m]

Have fun and take lots of pics and share them. Many of us on the east coast will never see that area of the country.

[KTPhil]

If you take 1 or even 101, it will take a long while! Beautiful if you have the time.

We drove 101 north from SF to the Cali/O border, took it inland rather than follow 1 at that point. Plenty of ohh-ahh on that route. Taking 1 north of the border adds a crapload of time.

We took I-5 on the way south and it was crowded and boring... not fun at all, but fast.

Carry lots of spares!!

[Globespotter]

Hoping to do a mix of 1 & 101 - suggestions for the best spots on 1 are appreciated! I think we will have the time and I'd rather stay off the Interstates wherever possible.

I did the SF south to LA section of the PCH in 2012 with my 71 SB - loved it.

It looks like I will be doing the trip from north to south, so heading west to Seattle, then south through Washington, Oregon and Cali to SF, then back east from SF.
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[joe56vw]

I just did this trip on thanksgiving but since I didn't have to go to seattle we took a ferry to the peninsula

but since you have to go down to sea-tac I would head south on I-5 from there to Olympia then take hwy 101 to hwy 8 towards Aberdeen but get off at Montesano and head to Raymond/south bend which meets up with hwy 101 south

or if you want to see some cool beaches then head to Westport once you're in Aberdeen then you can continue south thru tokeland to meet up with hwy 101 again in Raymond/south bend

once you get to long beach WA. hwy 101 pretty much sticks to the coast all the way down to SF

one thing we didn't do that I wish we had done was to stay on the coastal route more after SF since hwy 101 goes inland a lot between SF and LA
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[asesapie]

The 101 between washington and northern Cali is awesome. Make sure you spend a night in the redwoods and hike through them too. Really cool. Sea lion caves is pretty rad as well.

[Mike Fisher]

I would cruise through Yellowstone & Glacier Parks since you are in the neighborhood & not in a big hurry. There is only one Spruce Goose in the World! http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/the-spruce-goose
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[Rich78bus]

My son and i are leaving seattle to do the same trip in mid june!

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[chrismredsox1]

Not sure what your planned dates are but if you have any flexibility you might want to try to coincide with the Airhead Parts Treffen Cruise - the group goes from the Canadian border to the Mexican border, but all are welcome for as much of the trip as they can do. For 2016, it's going to be in the last week of July - more info here http://www.airheadparts.com/treffen/

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[cdennisg]

^^^ That museum is unreal. The Spruce Goose is only the beginning. Do make plans to stop and spend some time. The space museum has an SR71 BLACKBIRD! YOU CAN TOUCH IT!

Also, as part of that museum there is a waterpark with a slide that exits from a 747 on the roof. Really.

This was us. The 65 standard and the 50 Buick clip on the roof rack. Good times.

Spruce Goose in the building behind the bus.

The WA and OR coastal drive is fantastic. I have only gone as far as Arcata, CA, but I have plans to go farther. You will not regret the trip. have fun!
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[Zylinderkopf]

cdennisg: sweet ride. Buick hood on your roof?? Was that for storage?
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[Globespotter]

Great stuff.

It looks like this trip is probably going to be pushed back until the summer of 2017 now. A lot of stuff going on this year, and the Canadian $ is really bad compared to the US $.

Still going to do it, just not this year. Probably will do a closer to home Vermont/New Hampshire trip this year and the West Coast in 2017 when I can give it the time it will need to do it right.
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[sixfootdan]

I thought the Spruce Goose museum was closed due to funding, Did something change?
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