seattle to portland
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- barbtastic0
fooler - i'll be in seattle oct 1, leaving around oct 5-6 for portland, then down to sf around oct 14
- barbtastic0
werd, all great suggestions... thx err'body
- arthur0
It's a bit of a detour, but I recommend heading over to Mt St Helens. Visit Ape Cave. Really cool - literally, dress warm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape…
http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/04mshn…
Looks like it might have closed for the season?
- fooler20
You could take a train from SEA to PDX but I think it would be more fun to drive from PDX to SF.
When are you making your trip? I'm driving from PDX to SF next Thursday.
- dibec0
Totally a car.
Seattle - Portland budget 3 hours.
Portland to SF - Budget 12 hours.Those are pretty high, so you can do Portland to Seattle in 2.5 hours. Portland to SF, you can do in 10 hours.
How much time do you have?
- You must drive fast dibec :)p-mac
- no comment.dibec
- sf to portland is 12 hours in a uhaul truck.... i have done it 3 times,refunktion
- CGN0
Car rental. It's a beautiful ride and a great opportunity for stopping for photos.
- alicetheblue0
a few years ago rented in San Jose dropped off in SF -
Enterprise Rentals was the best deal
- ukit0
Just barely;)
- barbtastic0
west coasters, you awake, yet?
- barbtastic0
yeah! any other must-see stops between seattle-portland or portland-sf... let me know
staying with friends in each city, but most looking forward to the "alone" time exploring in between
- thenuge0
after centralia, get off at chehalis, head out to the coast and follow the coast down to oregon. good times.
- hans_glib0
we took a one way rental from seattle to portland it was excellent trip. really top mexican food from La Tarasca (a crummy little 50's shack on main street) in centralia
then mount st helens for volcanic awesomeness
then thru wine country to the coast
- brandelec0
tried alamo and hertz before - i can't remember how much it cost for a different return location but it wasn't that bad
- barbtastic0
thanks! love trips so i was kinda hoping that it'd be worth the drive.
anyone have experience using priceline [or something similar] to book cars? have never booked a car that didn't stay in the same city before.
- thenuge0
took the train once. didn't think it was bad, but if you have a couple of days to kill then rent a car, there's a ton of cool side stuff to see between the two cities.
- brandelec0
car.. tried that trip on train.. it was brutal
rent a car, take in that coast
- Ruffian0
Car gives you the most freedom.
- barbtastic
i'm gonna be out west in october, taking my time traveling between 3 cities... seattle, portland, then san fran.
been reading thru the seattle and portland threads but have one question: how would YOU travel from seattle to portland? train, bus, rental car?
i'm planning on renting a car to drive down part of the coast between portland and sf, but haven't made any plans for getting to portland from seattle, yet...