Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 2:56 amOJ Loenneker wrote:T Sharp wrote:Well looking at the route they set, you are in for some horrific driving on HWY 26 into Portland, I took this way last weekend, and it is almost 40 miles [seems like a hundred] of city driving East of Portland, and all of it with traffic lights and 35 mph speed limits! Super frustrating!
Dude, once you get into town, you are supposed to turn right on 238th to get to I84.... Skip driving Burnside (US 26) that's gonna slow you down.
Dude, now you tell me....besides I drove highway 26 from downtown...not from the east.
So now that all of you Portlandites are telling me where to go, I was wondering how the hell you get from SE Morrison and I-5N onto I-84 East....as I was trying to get out of town, I never saw a sign or any exit that said I-84 east, so I ended up going over 405, up the hill, turning around and then following signs to the genesis of I-84 east. What a mess!
My advice to my fellow Montanan Jeep1212 is to avoid Portland like the plague, and take the scenic route I described above, it calculates out to 245 miles to Longmire and about 5 hours drive time which is 45 miles further than your routes and 45 minutes longer. But half the stress, and twice the view! Coming into the Park from Ohanopecosh, and then on the Stevens Canyon Road to Paradise is absolutely stunning!
If your route leaves from White River, this is absolutely the way to go.
You all have a nice day
