Most boring stretch of highway (Seattle, Tacoma: buying, construction, palm trees)

[wythors]

82 from Yakima to Ellensburg or vice versa is one of the most spectacularly beautiful stretches of road I've ever been on. Eastbound you get gorgeous views of Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams at the same time. Westbound when you hit the top of the grade heading down into Ellensburg, that has got to be one of the top ten views in Washington. Add in the sunsets on the westbound trip and I can't imagine how you couldn't think that it's a great drive.

You haven't experienced a boring drive until you have driven Oregon highway 78 from Burns Juction to Burns. It is 120 miles of absolute desolation without any sign of human habitation or even animal life for the first 90 miles when you're coming north. Nothing but sagebrush on gently rolling hills for as far as the eye can see in any direction. We didn't see a car for the first 50 miles. It is pretty much arrow straight and you can see from horizon to horizon. When you get to that horizon, there's nothing but another one in the distance. And the speed limit is 55 mph.

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by wythors

82 from Yakima to Ellensburg or vice versa is one of the most spectacularly beautiful stretches of road I've ever been on. Eastbound you get gorgeous views of Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams at the same time. Westbound when you hit the top of the grade heading down into Ellensburg, that has got to be one of the top ten views in Washington. Add in the sunsets on the westbound trip and I can't imagine how you couldn't think that it's a great drive.

I agree.

Ken

[kicks77]

I grew to really like the Highway 26 trip. It was certainly different landscapes than what I was used to on the west side of the state, and the geology has an amazing history behind it. I thank my geology class at Washington State University for sparking that interest.

[Mounty]

I90 about from Ellensburg to Spokane. Complete mindnumbing emptyness. Only a road and a desert/fields. A torture of a drive.

But I guess any kind of flat terrain with no trees or towns will be a pain to drive through.

[Mopac1980]

For me the most boring drive in Washington state is the drive from Longview to the Coast on Highway 4, I do not like the windy roads on that highway at all.

[springshades]

I5, Seattle, rush hour. A 2 hour parking lot...

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by springshades

I5, Seattle, rush hour. A 2 hour parking lot...

Now THAT is a GREAT (and accurate) answer.

Ken

[wythors]

Originally Posted by springshades

I5, Seattle, rush hour. A 2 hour parking lot...

You get a positive rating point for that one.

[ChadPettingill]

Yeah 82 from Ellensburg to Yakima and back offers great views but it gets so boring after a while. I think I'm biased though because I grew up around the green and that drive is definitely not green.

[silas777]

Originally Posted by sean98125

For highway, I'd have to say Hwy 9 between Maltby and Arlington. It's going to be just like 99 in 20 years, and it's already halfway there. For interstate, I'd say I-5 between Olympia and Centralia.

yeah but look how much better it is after all that work they did this summer!