Driving from Los Angeles to Seattle
#1
Driving from Los Angeles to Seattle
Has anyone done this drive? I will be doing it in a couple of weeks from now. I'm just trying to plan ahead. Is it realistic to expect to do it in one day? I intend to leave around 4 a.m. and my conservative estimate is 18 hours. It looks like I'll just be taking I-5 all the way. To anyone who has done it before, do you have any helpful advice?
#3
u doing it by yourself? if u have someone switch off with u after nine hours u can do it in a day im sure. i dunno bout doin it yourself tho. i once drove 18 hours straight from here down to oceanside,ca and back and i was a zombie by the time i got home. how bout just flying there? gas is probably be more expensive than the plane ticket. just a thought. good luck tho.
#5
Originally Posted by tc-guy
u doing it by yourself? if u have someone switch off with u after nine hours u can do it in a day im sure. i dunno bout doin it yourself tho. i once drove 18 hours straight from here down to oceanside,ca and back and i was a zombie by the time i got home. how bout just flying there? gas is probably be more expensive than the plane ticket. just a thought. good luck tho.
#7
I've done it, it is possible to do in one day. You're lucky, you get the long boring part over first, I've started from Portland and driven down to San Diego, heck, driving to Vegas a week from Monday, lol.
#9
I was invited to come up there for a really promising job interview. The company is paying for my hotel stay in Seattle. They were also going to pay for my flight, but I opted to drive instead so that I can make some stops and enjoy the drive on the way back down. On the way up though, I will just be trying to get there as quickly as possible. I will have all my gas, food, and rental costs reimbursed.
#11
Thanks. The plan is to leave early in the morning and arrive late at night, so I should have a good amount of time to sleep before the interview the next morning. I would just like to arrive in Seattle no later than midnight.
#14
a few of us done the trip from houston to miami in 22hrs which was a thursday night untill friday afternoon straight through in the box..... an also from houston to L.A. cali... in about the same hrs an it took us took us almost a day an half straight through. its just boring when u see nothing but desert... but it doesnt help if u have good tunes an atleast someone else riding along as well.
#16
Nah, the job itself is located in the L.A. area. It's just that the execs from this particular department happen to be located in Seattle. If everything goes well at the interview then I will be coming back to L.A. and starting work next month.