Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
Originally Posted by coach belly View Post
Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
traffic be damned
So it's just a coincidence that there aren't any other cars on the road when you film?
Pretty much. The northwest is packed with visitors in the summer. Traffic drops off after Labor Day and the tourist season is officially over on Oct 1. That's when the chain hotels drop their rates until May 1. People that can't stand cold weather leave the area. I enjoy driving the northwest in the offseason because of the lack of traffic.

However, their are stretches that are commuter routes. Like Alpine, Wyoming to Jackson, Wyoming, about 35 miles. The wages are good in Jackson Hole but the middle class can't afford to live there. So they commute from Alpine and Victor, Idaho. They have two of the most scenic commuter routes in the country.
It's supposed to be 71 degrees where I'm at in WA on Tuesday. I don't believe it will get that high.

One of my favorite drives is Chuckanut Drive near Bellingham, and then hitting the Larrabee State Park coves, where you can find all kinds of sea creatures in the tide pools. It's kind of a white knuckle drive in an RV, though.