[Gotter]

OK, so SOMETIME between now and June (hopefully sometime in April), I am going to go up to Seattle and pick up my new baby (yaaaaaah!!!) - a White '92 Cab. It's going to be the most perfect time to drive the ~1700 miles. Right in the throws of spring. Here are my "dilemmas":



1. I have to chose a route. I mapquested the route, and it gave me a 25.5 hour/1660 mile route through Boise, Salt Lake City and the Rockies. Could be a beautiful mountain drive, but don't know how she'll hold up climbing for a day or two straight. The alternate route is south down I-5. It's straighter, but an hour longer and it's 1720 miles. I've driven the route before, and it's a bit boring, but less mountains to climb. So, any suggestions or good input?



2. I'm hoping <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> that there is someone along the way (Sacramento/Stockton are on the I-5 route, or Salt Lake City on the route) can put me up for the evening. I'm going to try and do 800-850 miles/day for two days. If anyone has a better plan, I'm all ears in the early planning stages....





Thanks everyone!

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[jeff968]

That sounds like fun. I'm assuming the car will be all checked out and in top working order. I would definately take some side routes to make the trip more enjoyable.

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[sguy]

J.C. Congratulations on your car. I hope you have a great experience driving it home. I did when I bought my car from Detroit and drove it home to Moscow, Idaho. It took three days, with 500 miles the first day to Iowa to visit an Aunt (after an overnight flight to Detroit) then 800+ to Wyoming to visit my brother, then another 800+ miles to home. These cars are easy to drive for that distance in a day and handle mountains like they aren't there (only adds to the fun).



Unless you take a detour, I don't see how you'll end up in the Rockies going to Arizona, you shoudn't even get over the Bitterroot or Wasatch mountains. I would certainly go the eastern route for better scenery and less traffic. If you would like to make a short distance the first day (pick up car and drive 300 miles) I'd be glad to put you up in Moscow, ID (east of Seattle) then you would head south to Boise and be on track with little detour and two easy days ahead. I hope the PO has the car up to snuff for your road trip, my PO had my car gone through recently by a mechanic with everything addressed and a fresh oil change for my pick-up trip. The car performed flawlessly using no oil and averaged 27.4 MPG.



Cheers, Stephen

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[Mark]

April in the Rockies, did some one say Donner - Party of 1? Yes, I know that was the Sierras. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[RPM]

From a longtime Northern Californian who lived in the Pacific NW as well:



I5 south to Portland and then up the Columbia River valley on I84 to Pendleton. Then turn south down 395 to Tahoe, Mammoth, Lone Pine, and points south. Just be careful, as there ain't squat between Pendleton and Susanville. Just wide open roads, mountains, and forests. Gather up I40 in Barstow and cross the desert at speed with the top up. You'll be tired and ready for home after that blast down the back side of the Sierras.



You could add some fun at the start by heading west out of Seattle on I90, crossing the Cascades and then cutting down I82 through the Tri-Cities to cross the river at Umatilla.

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[Gotter]

[quote name='jeff968' post='49734' date='Mar 25 2008, 09:17 AM']That sounds like fun. I'm assuming the car will be all checked out and in top working order. I would definately take some side routes to make the trip more enjoyable.[/quote]



Yeah, the car is getting a few things done now... Leif Johnson is the mechanic, supposedly active in PCA events... I'm gonna load up the TomTom with some POI's and drive it in three days, I think.



[quote name='sguy' post='49735' date='Mar 25 2008, 09:27 AM']J.C. Congratulations on your car. I hope you have a great experience driving it home. I did when I bought my car from Detroit and drove it home to Moscow, Idaho. It took three days, with 500 miles the first day to Iowa to visit an Aunt (after an overnight flight to Detroit) then 800+ to Wyoming to visit my brother, then another 800+ miles to home. These cars are easy to drive for that distance in a day and handle mountains like they aren't there (only adds to the fun).



Unless you take a detour, I don't see how you'll end up in the Rockies going to Arizona, you shoudn't even get over the Bitterroot or Wasatch mountains. I would certainly go the eastern route for better scenery and less traffic. If you would like to make a short distance the first day (pick up car and drive 300 miles) I'd be glad to put you up in Moscow, ID (east of Seattle) then you would head south to Boise and be on track with little detour and two easy days ahead. I hope the PO has the car up to snuff for your road trip, my PO had my car gone through recently by a mechanic with everything addressed and a fresh oil change for my pick-up trip. The car performed flawlessly using no oil and averaged 27.4 MPG.



Cheers, Stephen[/quote]



Thanks Stephen. I might take you up on the offer. I'll let you know once I get my route planned!

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