How long would it take?

[joeychen]

How long would it take to drive from the bay area to just east of Grants Pass (on the I5). There's an Oregon state park there. Should we leave for our road trip north on Monday later afternoon, instead of Tues early morning? We could camp at Valley of the Rogue state park, they have yurts we could rent! (inspired by vespabelle!)
It could give us more time so we could drive out to Crater Lake the next morning.
But if it takes a while to drive up there, I'd need to check into how late you can get there.
Doable?

Comments

[emily-hahn.livejournal.com]

I'd agree with the 5 hours of straight driving from Sacramento to Ashland, so it'd probably be 7.5-8 for you depnding on the stopping for gas. My benchmark is usually from here to Portland, which is a full 12 hours. The first time I drove it, somebody had tried to autobahn over the pass and got into a really bad crash with one of the big rigs that you run into on that drive (actually they were probably killed), so I think that added an extra 1-1.5 hours on to my drive.