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I'm told the best places on the west coast are SF, Portland and Bend, Oregon and Seattle. The scenery out there must be like waking up in a postcard! :)

Yes, they are all beautiful but once you get close to the city, traffic at certain times on the freeways is horrible.. especially with all the construction going on. We go a lot of back roads. Mainly the Interstate 5 and connecting on and off ramps. Tacoma is the worst as they are constructing a lot of by-passes. Everything has it's yen and yang. I'm going back to Island Life for the winter and possibly spring.