4 girls set out on college budgets to see the Pacific North West, stops are listed in the video along with videos of the beautiful scenery!
by Teresa Zortman
Start: Sacramento, California
We then stayed in the Redwoods in Arcata, California. After one night, we woke up the next morning and got on Highway 101.
We then camped in Lincoln County on the coast of Oregon. The campsite was nice- but crowded. We usually back-pack to our campsites so this was a change.
Then we did another big haul up the 101, this was a big driving day but we took many impulsive stops to break it up. We arrived in Seattle in time to eat an over-priced lunch!
We spent some major time exploring the city, surprisingly one of our favorite parts was not the space needle but the wheel on the Seattle Waterfront!
Next was Canada- the border crossing. It took us about an hour to get over the border, even though we tried crossing late at night.
We woke up to a sunny, bright day in the land of maple syrup. We stayed in Burnaby, just outside of Vancouver. We had breakfast, biked, and went to Granville Island! (I rode a tandem bike, and wore a fanny pack. Representing America well to our Northern neighbors.
Sadly, we could not stay in Canada. So we drove down back into Washington where we conquered Mount Baker and tested the speeds of the Ford Fiesta that we had all crammed into.
Our final stop was Portland. We got followed by homeless men cat-calling us but other than that it was great!
The original plan was to camp one more time at a remote site by a River South of Grants Pass, but an epic rain/thunder storm killed those plans. So we settled for a Dutch Bros stop.
I would HIGHLY recommend this trip and these stops! I wish we could’ve taken a longer trip than 10 days.