From Arkansas to Washington and back

[HDRider]

[HDRider]

We planning our trip out west and would appreciate any tips, suggestion or observation that you might have.

 

We plan to leave June 1.

[HDRider]

This is our first draft

 

June 1 – Home to Siloam Springs, AR

 

June 2 – To Hardesty, OK

 

June 3 – To Taos/Santa Fe, NM – Stay 3 Nights - Pilar Campground and Río Bravo Campground (FCFS) Highway 570  Carson, New Mexico 87517  575 758-4060  Lat / Long: 36.291658, -105.782192

 

June 6 – Denver, CO

 

June 7 – WY/ – Stay 3 Nights - Keyhole State Park  22 Marina Rd  Moorcroft, WY 82721 - 1-877-996-7275 to make a reservation/3 months in advance

 

June 10 – Wing it

June 11 – Kalispell, MT – Stay 3 Nights

June 14 – Wing it

June 15 – Booked Manchester State Park, Port Orchard, WA – Stay 7 Nights

June 22 – Booked Cape Lookout State Park, Tillamook, OR – Stay 4 Nights

June 26– Booked Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR – Stay 1 Nights

June 28 – FCFS Goose Creek Recreation Area, Lakeview, OR – Stay 3 Nights

July 1 – Carson City, NV – Stay 3 Nights

July 4 – Roadside Stay

July 5 – Springdale, UT – Stay 3 Nights

July 8 – Second Mesa, AZ to Winslow, AZ – Stay 4 Nights

July 12 - Peña Blanca, NM – Stay 3 Nights

July 15 – Wing it home -  2 Nights

[Rivernerd]

Rather than travel straight from Spokane to Seattle on I-90 (which is not that scenic until you get to Cle Elum), I recommend you go the much more scenic northern route through North Cascades National Park via SR20 (The North Cascades Highway).   From there, head to Deception Pass State Park on the Washington coast, via SR 20.  Then down I-5 through Seattle to Olympia and up 101 to Port Orchard.

As long as you plan to go to Port Orchard on the Kitsap Peninsula, you might consider a short side-trip to Olympic National Park.  All gorgeous that time of year.

Edited January 25 by Rivernerd

[Zodd]

Agreed. Just after Spokane you can go the route that takes you through Leavenworth. It is a pretty little Bavarian town and the drive is pretty. Deception Pass is a really cool place to visit and go down to the beach. Also the Heritage Flight Museum  up by Mount Vernon is cool and depending on timing you could be there for fly day. 
 

My wife and I will be headed that way in late April for a pickleball tournament we go to every year. 

[2008RN]

We are doing something similar only we are starting in Oregon and taking a southern route down to Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma Arkansas, back to Tennessee, Kentucky back up to Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, then back across the top of the US on highway 2 (turns into 20) then BC, Canada to Hope, then Vancouver, then back down home. I am trying my best to use 2 lane roads and minimize the interstate(not always possible).  We are going to Boon Dock at Harvest Hosts sites, then hit a Full hookup every 4-5 days.  Trying to keep the travels to 4-5 hours a day when on the road.

I noticed you are turning around right around the California border. Might want to go a little farther and see the Red Woods.