We drove our coach just 68 miles, about one hour of driving, from Eugene to Sutherlin, Oregon.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Leaving Oregon Motorcoach Center:

Joining I-5 South:

A nasty parallel-parking rest area with no real space for us:

Trees starting to turn:

Arriving at a KOA:

Check in:

Drive-in movie screen:

Our site:

We drove our coach 133 miles, about two hours of driving, from Fairview to Eugene, Oregon.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

I-84 West:

Heading to I-205 South:

Interesting paint job:

I-5 South:

Shredded tire on the freeway:

Willamette River:

Rest area:

Paladin getting off the dash as we get back on the freeway:

Triple trailer:

Exit to Eugene:

RVs by the river:

Arriving at the Oregon Motorcoach Center:

We drove our coach 158 miles, about three hours of driving, from Shelton, Washington to Fairview, Oregon.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading south:

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Bay:

John Prairie Road:

Electrical work:

I-5 South:

Rest area:

Cowlitz River:

Train:

I-205 South:

Entering Oregon:

Entering Portland:

Welcome to Oregon:

I-84 East:

Exit to Fairview:

Arriving at Portland Fairview RV Park:

We drove our coach about 250 miles, about four hours of driving, from Ephrata to Shelton, Washington.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west (with the ultimate destination omitted for privacy):

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

There was roadworks on the bridge over the Columbia River, with a 9-foot width restriction, so we considered avoiding that and taking a more scenic route, as follows, but it would have added 1.5 hours to the travel, and been more stressful with curvy highway roads, so we stuck with the above route instead of this alternative:

I-90 West and the aforementioned Vantage Bridge:

Narrow, but good enough for trucks, so good enough for us:

Thorp Fruit & Antique Mall:

Rest area:

Wildlife bridge:

Keechelus Lake:

Snoqualmie Pass:

Crossover intersection:

Joining I-5 South:

Fuel stop:

Tacoma Dome:

Route 101 North:

We previously took this exit, but it is more difficult getting through Shelton:

Instead we took this exit, which is much more straightforward:

Downtown Shelton:

We drove our coach 334 miles, about six hours of driving, from Missoula, Montana to Ephrata, Washington.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading west:

This map showing timezones, as we crossed from Mountain to Pacific time (west coast best coast), and the state borders between Montana (right), Idaho (middle), and Washington (left):

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Fuel stop:

I-90 West:

Clark Fork River:

Curves ahead:

Truck stop:

Roadworks:

Rest area closed due to roadworks:

Trucker info:

Welcome to Idaho and Pacific Time Zone:

Roadworks:

Elevation 3,069 feet:

Rest area:

Welcome to Washington:

Spokane:

Train:

Rest area:

Sprague Lake:

Train:

Another closed rest area:

Exit to Quincy:

Field planting sign:

Arriving at our campground:

And our site: