Author: Adrian

Washington State Route 7

Are you sick of the breakneck pace of Interstate 5 between Portland and Tacoma? Are you looking for a better way to get to Southwestern Washington or the St. Helens Volcanic Monument? State Route 7 might be the answer to your question. SR7 isn’t one of the more picturesque ways of gettting out of the… Continue reading Washington State Route 7

Washington State Route 165

For those not familiar with the geography around Mount Rainier, SR165 is the highway that provides access to the northwest corner of the Mt. Rainier area. SR165 isn’t what you expect for a state-funded highway, as the roadway is only marginally maintained (less as you go higher) and the guide rails along the road are… Continue reading Washington State Route 165

Washington State Route 542 “Mount Baker Highway”

This road is a real gem. The east-west section across the north end of Baker is a good 30 miles of tree-lined sweepers. Once you get to the northeast of Baker, SR 542 gets positively exciting with a succession of steeply-graded, challenging hairpin curves. The lower elevations of Mount Baker Highway are fairly typical of… Continue reading Washington State Route 542 “Mount Baker Highway”

Switching Hosts

I’m moving from my soon-to-be departed hosting company to this one. If you’ve posted any comments in the past couple days on the old site, it may not show up on the new one. I’m now sited on Lunarpages, so hopefully some of the more annoying outages will be minimized.