when the main headliner is "hard to vote for" v. "hard to vote for"...

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I have done a number of these and can confirm they are great

You are allowed. But also please understand the amount of disinformation about mail voting you are playing into.

Lord I JUST said I mailed my ballot. I’m allowed to say I FEEL a certain uneasiness without providing a dissertation or peer-reviewed study about it. i didn’t say “everyone should fear for their ballots” - take a chill pill.

If you are going in the summer, take 20 thru the park and down into Mazama. Stop at the Mazama store and get the sea salt baguette…you won’t regret it. They also do coffee drinks and good iced chai. Continue on to Winthrop, have lunch/ dinner at the School House Brewery in Winthrop or the Highway 20 Pizza. Next town in Twisp, the Twisp Pub has a really good selection of beer form all over the area. Winthrop has the most places to sleep from a hostel to camping, Pine Near in Winthrop has teepees and Pearrygin Lake has rvs , but you need reservations for that. The swimming in Pearrygin Lake is really good too. There a really good coffee place in Twisp, the Blue Star…it’s just outside Twisp. Also, take my word for it, stop in Hank’s Grocery store in Twisp… it’s an experience…look up as you shop the aisles. Hanks has the best prices for food and gas of all the towns, so wait till you get there for gas, especially. You can take the back roads and see the Grand Coulee Dam. Taking that route will get you to Spokane. After Spokane is Cour d’Alene, big, big lake, kinda touristy but that lake is impressive. Get ready for crossing the Idaho panhandle. It’s a lot uphill and twisty/windy. Just as you come to the MT boarder is the 100,000 Silver Dollar Saloon. Go inside and see the silver dollars but don’t eat the food…truly horrible. You can go either the back roads way to Flathead Lake, there is a hot springs that way or you can take the highway to Missoula and go north from there to Flathead and Glacier. I prefer the back roads to Flathead. Have a great time…it’s a special part of the world.

I did this road trip years ago with my spouse and we ended up moving to the PNW soon after. I agree with the others, take I-5 and stop along the way. Try not to speed, you can drive a little over but not like in LA/Southern California. Stay on right and if you need to pass, use the left lane. You should definitely stop in Portland if you have time, lots to see and do. I love eating at PDX Sliders and Nong’s. You might even want to take an overnight break there. You can take a quick detour to the Columbia River Gorge and do a short waterfall hike/visit Multnomah Falls for a quick photoOp. There are several rest stops along I-5 in WA and OR, sleeping in your car overnight is permitted —you can’t stay more than one night. Restrooms are fairly clean and some offer free coffee! While in Seattle, you can get a decent city hike / stroll if you go to the Arboretum. It’s not raining as much this month as years past. It’s been a fairly warm fall and we have had some cold night, layers and sleeping bags should help. Try to keep your belongings out of sight or take them with you if you plan to park and leave your car, break-ins are common everywhere, even at trailheads. Best of luck, have fun, make some great memories, and welcome to the PNW.

Make sure you have really warm stuff to sleep in, it’s very cold now.

If you’re an experienced driver in mountain passes with AWD, winter tires/chains, and prepared to get stuck in winter weather, I’d say go for it but staying on I-5 or the coast, do not try cutting across until the Columbia River.

If you don’t have these things, and experience to go with it, please consider flying or waiting until May.

I’m not remotely joking. I grew up in PNW and have had close friends and neighbors in mountain rescue, family lived in Olympics. Mountains on the West Coast are no joke. It’s officially winter in the mountains and passes. With temperatures dropping, folks are hoping we’ll get enough snow for an early season in Whistler, BC if not the Cascades. This isn’t a good time to go hiking in the mountains unless you are honestly prepared and experienced in wet, freezing conditions.

If you want to fly up this time of year, you can visit the Seattle Area and drive out to the coast but it’s darn cold and wet, dark early, sunset is at 4:40 pm tomorrow. Lots to do and see, just not a quick hike in the mountains, that’s for summer because it’s dark, wet, and cold.

People underestimate how remote and mountainous the Olympics are. Information can be sparse. Be very cautious on 101, especially by lake crescent.

You can buy tannerite in that grocery store.

Forks is a silly place.

Don't listen to this guy. Cotton kills. If you're going outside, goretex, waterproof shoes and wool or synthetic base and mid layers are key.

There is about 2-3" here in Port Angeles today at about 500'. If you don't have an insulated and heated van/camper, or very, very warm sleeping system it will be far too cold and wet to sleep in your car.

It is 17-18 mi to the base camp of Mt Olympus so don't try that unless you're into being the subject of a rescue effort.

It is very pretty from hurricane ridge though! That road is fickle- only open fri-sun most weeks and heavily dependent on our (copious) snowpack.

If you're out in the area, cape flattery is incredible. Be sure to give the Makah a visit and pay to use their recreational lands if you drop by.

Prepare for cold, wet weather, and stay indoors at night unless you have your shit together, and you'll have a blast!

They’re not sending their best. They’re bringing moose. They’re bringing curling. They’re Mounties… and some, I assume, are good people.

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Mt Rainier is much more of a sight than Olympus but they're both great. Stay on the 5, don't bother taking other ways up.

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Ashland is cute. The portions of Eugene I saw were underwhelming. Medford is bleh.

Voodoo donuts is just a tourist trap, there are many other donut shops in Portland that are better and don't engage in union busting.