Date:         Tue, 11 Aug 1998 21:17:21 EDT
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From:         Frank Grunthaner <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Trip Advice Needed: Oregon, Wash., B.C.
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Just about to pack up wife, kid (age 10), two dogs, three bikes, tent and
Westfalia for a multiweek vacation in the Pacific Northwest. We have a planned
route in mind and would greatly appreciate any proffered advice as to
campgrounds and particular routes to travel. We will add the side tent only
when
 staying at one site for several days.

We will start from Southern California and first overnight near Tracy. We will
 then proceed up into Oregon, diverting from Interstate 5 to the Oregon Coast
at
 Eugene. We plan our next overnight near Astoria. We will then go on to the
 Olympic National Park trying to stay in one of the rainforest campgrounds for
several days, then moving on to the Heart of the Hills CG. The next leg will
involve crossing to Victoria from Port Angeles, a tour of Vancouver island,
(possible overnight), then crossing to Vancouver at Namiano, and several
overnights with access to Vancouver for touring the vicinity. We will then go
on
to Banff and possibly Jasper for a week stay. We may want to stop along the
way
at Yoho or? In the last phase, we leave Banff and rapidly go down to Salem,
OR.
and divert back to the Oregon coast going south. Plan to overnight around
Cresent
City. Then proceed via Redding to the Sacramento delta to camp for a few days,
then home.

Again, all advice sorely appreciated.

Frank Grunthaner