WA Puget Island ferry to Westport OR is OK , But the winding section of US30 west of the Wauna Paper mill
you share the narrow road with Trucks carrying Wood chips from west of Astoria all the way to the Mill

consider taking one of the routes to Vernonia south of 30 north of 26.. and coming to Astoria via 202.
Best on sunday when Log Truck drivers go to church, and are not on the road.

Yea Summer hot air in the interior will be replaced by cooler air from the sea ,= headwinds west bound

and the Dalles~Hood River, is where the river cuts thru the Cascades .. a natural funnel.

start early in the Morning , there .