Palm Springs CA to Portland OR best bus route

[Scott & Heather]

Best route with least amount of drama? I am not as interested in nice views as I am easy driving. This isn't a sight seeing trip, I just need to get my bus from Palm Springs to Portland as easily as possible. Any routes I should specifically avoid. Going to just use google maps to navigate me.


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[luvrbus]

I 5 is the fastest and shortest but we do 95

[TomC]

Start from Palm Springs around 10am to avoid inbound rush hour. Stay on I-10 to 210 west. This will take you around downtown. Take it to I-5 north and off you go. There are other round about routes, but this is the easiest. Good Luck, TomC

[boxcarOkie]

Tom C is right, straightest - fastest route would be up the 5.  I like 95 north like Clifford, the big hill outside of Bishop, Convict Lake and the Cotton Woods will be turning this time of the year.  The leaves falling and the colors will be unreal.  Winter time comes early in that neighborhood of America.

But then again, you said "you were not into sight-seeing" so I suppose this would not apply.

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[dtcerrato]

The Grapevine is always a thrill! Definitely the quickest up 5. I prefer 395, it's an awesome highway through some of the most diverse geography this country has to offer... I always gawked at the fact that Mt Whitney (highest elevation in the US) and Death Valley (lowest elevation in the US) are only 67 miles apart and 395 goes right up in between them.

[John316]

Start from Palm Springs around 10am to avoid inbound rush hour. Stay on I-10 to 210 west. This will take you around downtown. Take it to I-5 north and off you go. There are other round about routes, but this is the easiest. Good Luck, TomC

TomC is totally correct. I have done the route many times. Easy driving.

[lvmci]

hi Scott, I-5, hwy99, US101 or 395, I prefer 101, cooler and the climbs aren't as severe, just don't go thru the LA basin during rush hours, same with I-5, if your going thru Needles to Clifford and Sonjas, I-40 deadends in Barstow, flying J has 25% biodiesel, better to get fueled up before or after Barstow, if your fuel filters don't like that much biodiesel, I use the 58fwy to Mojave then the 14fwy thru Lancaster, to the 101 or I-5, there's a Pilot station at Kramer junction, to skirt around LA, theres a 76 truck stop in Acton, CA crown valley exit, hwy14 fwy, that sells #2 diesel, lvmci...

[Lee Bradley]

You're fighting the flow. Every one else is going south!

[Lin]

BCO--you seem to be referring to 395.  Very scenic but will take a lot longer.

Clifford-- I am not sure what you mean by 95. Could it be 99 or 395?

The 210 to 5 route is the shortest in mileage but does gamble a bit on traffic.  Certainly not as bad as actually going through LA though.  We like the back route to avoid the whole LA basin, but we are already up the hill in Joshua Tree.  Coming up here would cost you about 25 minutes, but once that is done taking 247 to Barstow, 58 to 99 in Bakersfield, and 7th Standard (take the Merle Haggart exit) to I5 makes for a day to scenic, peaceful, generally traffic-free driving.

[luvrbus]

Lin,I think he will be leaving from our place we go 95 that way we don't need to deal with CA and their dumb @$# 55 mph towing speed limit lol Scott would probably be in trouble in CA

[lvmci]

hi Clifford, your talking about going thru LV and up thru NV, yes, nice this time of year, tom...

[B_K]

I would take Clifford's advice an go up 95 and avoid CA altogether.
But then again if you go thru bakersfield you can stop and meet Don Fairchild!
  BK 

[oltrunt]

Stay out of Palmdale and Landcaster.  The roads there will shake your bus to pieces--ask me how I know!?!

Jack

[Dave5Cs]

Scott what Tom C said. We take I-5 it is fast easy and if you need to stop there are Pilots at the Lost Hills exit Paso robles hyw also Lost hills RV park. Not much but lots of spots never full easy in and out. Sacramento has 49er truck stop after you get through Sacramento and can overnight there for a fee, has good food.
We will be heading South on Nov 8th from Roseville (I-5 and 99 area) on I-5 Silver MCI with dark Green Jeep pushing it. We'll wave at you unless you are going before that.
Woodland also has good fueling stations as well as Cash Creek you eat the Buffet and stay in the parking lot for free if you show the Guard your receipt.
Also the Sacramento River RV park is fast in and out in Redding.HTH
Dave5Cs

[Lin]

I guess it depends on whether Palm Springs is a destination or just a point on the route to OR.  If the latter, he could go 95, to 40 west, to 58 to Barstow, into Bakersfield.