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evyce Jul 13th, 2008 04:45 PM

Best route from Chicago to Portland. Oregon
 
Am looking for advice for the fastest and shortest route when traveling from the Chicago area to Portland, Oregon. Any recommendations

Thanks

AAFrequentFlyer Jul 13th, 2008 05:04 PM

http://tinyurl.com/657jrz

Gardyloo Jul 13th, 2008 05:22 PM

In... December? August?

I've done I-90, I-90/I-94, I-80/I-84 and several riffs. I-90 is my fave, cutting down US 395 from Ritzville (WA) to I-82/I-84 near the Tri-Cities. South Dakota is worth it all.

I-80 is like driving nails into your head boring. No idea why the mapping sites default to it, or to I-94, which is like crossing the Great Nefud in a Chevy.

AAFrequentFlyer Jul 13th, 2008 05:32 PM

The first one was the quickest, this one is the shortest...

http://tinyurl.com/5cf3d2

Gardyloo Jul 13th, 2008 05:38 PM

Have you, like, actually <i>driven</i> these routes, AAFF?

AAFrequentFlyer Jul 13th, 2008 05:45 PM

many many moons ago, the first one...

Gardyloo Jul 13th, 2008 07:26 PM

Sorry I sounded snippy.

I-94 goes through the Twin Cities, and is very prone to traffic and construction delays that negate and then some any advantage that might have existed in the digital minds of Mapquest et al. I-80 goes through Des Moines and then across southern Wyoming - oy.

I-90 is fairly boring across southern Minnesota, but is much more interesting and quick from Sioux Falls west.

AAFrequentFlyer Jul 13th, 2008 07:55 PM

no worries,

you know your s..t, and sometimes for unknown reasons we all get little edgy....:-D

Happy trails!

btw, do you still post on FT?

I tried looking few times but it seems to me that the forum moderators, especially JDiver, got what he wished for.... all the attention, but the forum lost it's best people, people that had inside info, people that knew what's going on.



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