OK guys, this is a week away. Let's firm this up.
Meet at Cars & Coffee at 9am at Cascade Station
After "while" we will roll out of there to Seaside. Here is a map that I put together:
http://goo.gl/maps/ji1F
9:00a: Cascade Station @ 10005 NE Cascades Pkwy, Portland OR
> Columbia Blvd > St Johns Bridge > Germantown > Hwy 26 > Hwy 53
11:30a: Nehalem OR
> Hwy 101 North
12:00p: Seaside OR
(lunch stop)
1:00p: Leave Seaside OR
> Hwy 101 North
1:30p: Astoria OR
> Hwy 202 > Hwy 47 > Hwy 30
4:00p: Portland OR
I'm more of a fan that we find our own bite to eat in Seaside instead of trying to cram all of us into a long table in the middle of the lunch rush.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Highway 53 between hwy 26 and Nahelam, but I have never driven the return route from Astoria to Scapoose. I am pretty sure that there won't be any issues with the route, but if anyone can confirm that it would be nice.
Also, our Washington friends can split off onto highway 47 north when we get onto highway 47 south and that will take them
up to highway 30, then across the bridge into Kelso so they can get a head start on their trip home.
Any comments?