Originally Posted by
Scrockern8r
Hey! You're in my neighborhood!
I'm out in Oakville, and ride in this area, as well as the trail to Oly and Yelm.
I find the last stretch of the Bucoda Highway (N. Pearl St.) just out of Centralia to be dangerous. No shoulders, fast traffic, a few sharp turns.
I've ridden all of this before. So here's my $.02...
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=ce...&z=13&lci=bike
I can also confer, living in the Tenino area, that this is the easiest way to get from Centralia to downtown Olympia.
The Chehalis Western will dump you in Lacey, and you will have to backtrack. Currently Yelm Highway is also under construction as well, so its not advisable to ride through there if you can at all avoid it.
And depending on your fitness level, this is one of the flattest routes to take in and out.