Seattle to San Francisco in December

Littlefoot wrote:
Hello,

I will be taking a road trip on December 21st from Seattle to San
Francisco with my 2 friends. I've never driven in the snow before and I'm
very very nervous. I've already bought chains and I've practiced putting them
on in my driveway many times.

Wow, you're more prepared than most people that drive in the snow for
the first time, and don't even open the box of chains until they see the
"Chains Required" sign.

In the Grants Pass area you may encounter the need for chains if there
is a storm. Driving in snow is not bad, because of the chains, everyone
is going slow, including the 4WD SUVs which are stuck behind cars with
chains.

I remember being on a group ski trip once and one lady was not the
nicest person, and was offended at offers to assist her with her chains.
So I watched her get the chains completely on the tires, nice and tight,
before I commented, "wow, I didn't know that Toyota made rear wheel
drive Camrys."

Has anyone made this drive in December? What
should I expect? I'll be driving a Toyota Corolla (Manual Transmission). How
long should this drive take in the snow?

I've done it in the winter several times. The answer is that you don't
know what to expect until five or six days before the trip. I've had to
put chains on a 4WD SUV in Oregon, going up to Mount Hood, and I seem to
remember chains being required for non-4WD vehicles on I5 on one trip,
around Grants Pass. For those people that are unfamiliar with chains, it
doesn't really matter if they are physically required or not, it's
whether or not the highway patrol decides to require chains. Often the
reason they require chains is just to slow people down, even when the
snow is not very heavy.

I've made the trip before but it was
in July. I'm planning on staying the night somewhere in OR.

Try the La Quinta in Grants Pass.

Come down Highway 101. Snow, or ice, is extremely unlikely.
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Come down Highway 101. Snow, or ice, is extremely unlikely.

That route will most likely add 5 - 8 hours of driving to the trip. No snow
on the coastal route, but likely lots of high winds pushing you around on
the drive south. More rain, too, this time of year.

Thanks everyone! This information has been extremely helpful. I've loaded up
on bottle water, beef jerky, crackers and emergency blankets. I went up to
the mountains a few days ago and pricticed driving on some ice and snow. I
also showed my 2 friends how to put the chains on. I even found a really
cheap CB radio at a thrift shop, so now I can communicate with the experts of
the road (truckers) I have maps and books of the hotels located off of I-5. I
am now excited about this roadtrip instead of nervous. So if any one is
driving on I-5 on December 21st and 22nd look for a black Corolla with 3
twenty three years old talking on a CB.

Thanks again everyone!

SMS 斯蒂文• � wrote:
Hello,

I will be taking a road trip on December 21st from Seattle to San
Francisco with my 2 friends. I've never driven in the snow before and I'm
very very nervous. I've already bought chains and I've practiced putting them
on in my driveway many times.

Wow, you're more prepared than most people that drive in the snow for
the first time, and don't even open the box of chains until they see the
"Chains Required" sign.

In the Grants Pass area you may encounter the need for chains if there
is a storm. Driving in snow is not bad, because of the chains, everyone
is going slow, including the 4WD SUVs which are stuck behind cars with
chains.

I remember being on a group ski trip once and one lady was not the
nicest person, and was offended at offers to assist her with her chains.
So I watched her get the chains completely on the tires, nice and tight,
before I commented, "wow, I didn't know that Toyota made rear wheel
drive Camrys."

Has anyone made this drive in December? What
should I expect? I'll be driving a Toyota Corolla (Manual Transmission). How
long should this drive take in the snow?

I've done it in the winter several times. The answer is that you don't
know what to expect until five or six days before the trip. I've had to
put chains on a 4WD SUV in Oregon, going up to Mount Hood, and I seem to
remember chains being required for non-4WD vehicles on I5 on one trip,
around Grants Pass. For those people that are unfamiliar with chains, it
doesn't really matter if they are physically required or not, it's
whether or not the highway patrol decides to require chains. Often the
reason they require chains is just to slow people down, even when the
snow is not very heavy.

I've made the trip before but it was
in July. I'm planning on staying the night somewhere in OR.

Try the La Quinta in Grants Pass.

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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:33:17 GMT, "Littlefoot via TravelKB.com"
u39811@uwe wrote:

Thanks everyone! This information has been extremely helpful. I've loaded up
on bottle water, beef jerky, crackers and emergency blankets. I went up to
the mountains a few days ago and pricticed driving on some ice and snow. I
also showed my 2 friends how to put the chains on. I even found a really
cheap CB radio at a thrift shop, so now I can communicate with the experts of
the road (truckers) I have maps and books of the hotels located off of I-5. I
am now excited about this roadtrip instead of nervous. So if any one is
driving on I-5 on December 21st and 22nd look for a black Corolla with 3
twenty three years old talking on a CB.

Thanks again everyone!

My mind is boggled.

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Littlefoot via TravelKB.com wrote:

So if any one is
driving on I-5 on December 21st and 22nd look for a black Corolla with 3
twenty three years old talking on a CB.

10-4 good buddy. Put the pedal to the medal. Keep the big thing between
the ditches and the little thing in your britches. What's your 10-20?

10-7.

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:20:45 -0800, SMS ???• ?
wrote:

Littlefoot via TravelKB.com wrote:

So if any one is
driving on I-5 on December 21st and 22nd look for a black Corolla with 3
twenty three years old talking on a CB.

10-4 good buddy. Put the pedal to the medal. Keep the big thing between
the ditches and the little thing in your britches. What's your 10-20?

10-7.

"Good buddy"? Must be from San Francisco.

And what "medal" is that? Maybe a goody button.

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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

Hatunen wrote:
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:20:45 -0800, SMS ???• ?
wrote:

Littlefoot via TravelKB.com wrote:

So if any one is
driving on I-5 on December 21st and 22nd look for a black Corolla with 3
twenty three years old talking on a CB.
10-4 good buddy. Put the pedal to the medal. Keep the big thing between
the ditches and the little thing in your britches. What's your 10-20?

10-7.

"Good buddy"? Must be from San Francisco.

And what "medal" is that? Maybe a goody button.

Yeah, yeah, I guess I can't be criticizing others for their grammah.

My handle is Littlefoot

SMS 斯蒂文• � wrote:
So if any one is
driving on I-5 on December 21st and 22nd look for a black Corolla with 3
twenty three years old talking on a CB.

10-4 good buddy. Put the pedal to the medal. Keep the big thing between
the ditches and the little thing in your britches. What's your 10-20?

10-7.

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I don't have a little thing to keep in my britches, I'm a girl!

SMS 斯蒂文• � wrote:
So if any one is
driving on I-5 on December 21st and 22nd look for a black Corolla with 3
twenty three years old talking on a CB.

10-4 good buddy. Put the pedal to the medal. Keep the big thing between
the ditches and the little thing in your britches. What's your 10-20?

10-7.

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