I last did this ride back in the early 1980's, I think it was the year after Mt. St. Helens had blown. A friend and I did it in one day. I recall that it's mostly flat and quite nice thru southwest WA, especially the roads near Darth Vader, but once you get to Longview, you cross the bridge and then get thrown out onto US30 into Portland. This was the low point of the ride, lots of fast traffic, not much scenery. I keep waiting for them to reroute the section from Kelso to Portland, maybe take it thru Battle Ground & Vancouver, but I'm not sure where they'd cross the Columbia. Anyway, I haven't ridden it since.

Luis