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Absolutely stunning. Most people tend to think of the US in urban (or suburban) terms, but you forget how utterly amazing the geography can be.

I've only been to the US a few times and always to the cities (NY, SF, etc), but travelling across it by road is definitely on my bucket list.

Take I-5 from SF to Portland. Some amazing scenery on that trip, especially it you're willing to go off track a little; and good beer at the end.

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Take I-5 from SF to Portland. Some amazing scenery on that trip, especially it you're willing to go off track a little; and good beer at the end.


I've traveled from LA to Seattle by car 6 times in the last 6 months because moving to Seattle and visiting friends and such. Besides getting my time down to 17 hours for the trip I've seen some great stuff and I've never regretted driving even though I take the boring route. I want to do a Coastal Road journey next time...I think it'll be a lot of fun.

Nice. I have driven up and down different parts of 1-5, from LA to Vancouver, but never such a long trip in one go. Taking the coast is a slow slog. A cool route would be taking 101 north from SF to see the redwood and the coast, and then scooting back to 1-5 via 199 and Grants Pass.

Aside from the terrain, the night sky is stunning in the more isolated parts of 1-5. Driving around the Cali/Oregon boarder in summer months and seeing the milky way from a convertible is breathtaking.

Also, there's the State of Jefferson, which is cool.>> ^Yogi:

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Take I-5 from SF to Portland. Some amazing scenery on that trip, especially it you're willing to go off track a little; and good beer at the end.

I've traveled from LA to Seattle by car 6 times in the last 6 months because moving to Seattle and visiting friends and such. Besides getting my time down to 17 hours for the trip I've seen some great stuff and I've never regretted driving even though I take the boring route. I want to do a Coastal Road journey next time...I think it'll be a lot of fun.

One of the formative experiences of my life was after I finished college in Ohio, leaving my home in the NJ suburbs of NYC to drive, solo, cross country staying off the interstate as much as possible. I took the northern route until I arrived in Portland and then traveled south to L.A., and then returned East along a more Southern route.

In total, the trip took me about three months (August, 2001 through October, 2001). Not only had I changed during that trip -- the country itself, had also changed.

Sure, there are many minimalls and towns that look exactly the same (which, as it happens, was a welcomed respite of "familiarity," at times), but of the thousands of untouched natural acreage, this land is an experience to behold.

Fan-fucking-tastic. I try to get out there to do some photography when I'm in the US but I don't have the time, money or skill to do stuff like this...

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