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You posted, "We got caught Christmas of '92 heading home when the I-5 was closed because of snow from Ashland to Redding, and had to take the 101 all the way home. Slick, slippery, and scary all the way to Ukiah."

We got caught in a few of those at Christmas time. One time we actually barely made it from Portland down I5 to where it was closed and went to Newport for 3 unplanned days.

Then, we drove a hell trip in snow, rain and floods until we got to Willets. Scary! That was on New Year's Eve. We got one of the last motel rooms in Willets, and the clerk called the Taco Bell to keep them open for us and a few others. Nothing else open.

My poor wife had a new dress for New Years and wanted a nice dinner. I told her that we were lucky to get to eat at Taco Bell. She agreed and the food was good. We had eaten at Brookings and it was close to 10pm, and we were starved.

After that we told our son in Portland, we would pay to fly him down for Christmas, we were too old for winter trips up and down I5.

After that we told our son in Portland, we would pay to fly him down for Christmas, we were too old for winter trips up and down I5.

LOL - I can relate. One upshot of our trip last Thanksgiving was that we originally were going to fly to Seattle, but cancelled due to all the airport craziness after September 11 - figured, what the heck, we've driven up lots of times.

Grampa, Bknotts, EBUCK - thanks for the advice. We may end up doing just that - 101 all the way to Newport. I just hope there's something left of Oregon by the time we go :-(