Model: Lund 1.1

Some of our favorites.

Four drives across Washington. For each, we show the fastest line, and the one Lund 1.1 would send you on instead.

Tacoma Port Angeles

Route One

Hugging the coastline.

Tacoma → Port Angeles

The conventional router sends you straight up through Bremerton, over the Hood Canal Bridge, then onto 101 for the last push into Port Angeles. Ours stays low and hugs the water, tracing the full length of the Hood Canal along 101 before climbing up to town. You trade a little time for roughly double the coastline and double the forest, courtesy of the Olympic National Forest pressing right down to the road.

You'd see

Coast · Forests

Edmonds Leavenworth

Route Two

The adventurous path few would think to take.

Edmonds → Leavenworth

Two hours of I-90 isn't our idea of fun, so our Lund 1.1 model slips you into the forests past Monroe and settles onto small roads that follow the same valleys the freeway does. Don't be fooled by their size: these are quiet two-lane ribbons cutting through unbroken forest. Nearer the end the options open up, so we point you into the mountains for the climb, where the depth and sweep of the Cascades finally show themselves.

You'd see

Rivers · Peaks · Forest

Spokane Walla Walla

Route Three

The Palouse by the rolling mile.

Spokane → Walla Walla

This one is quality over speed, plain and simple. The fastest route runs I-90 (who would've guessed), and frankly, boring. Instead we drop you straight south into the wheat fields and the endless rolling hills, country that's best taken slow, in solitude, with plenty of roadside stops. The Palouse is one of the quiet spectacles of the Northwest, so we make sure you get every mile of it. Near the end we thread you past a few wineries. Pull over for a sip if the mood strikes. The rest of the adventure is yours.

You'd see

Orchards · Vineyards · Wheat

Wenatchee Winthrop

Route Four

A drive through changing country.

Wenatchee → Winthrop

Conventional routing runs you straight north on US-97, which means you'd miss Lake Chelan entirely. Ours detours west along the lake's south shore, past the orchards and the lakefront tasting rooms, then swings northwest for the climb into the high country. It's arguably one of the most beautiful stretches of road in the state, and one almost nobody outside Washington knows about. Now you do too.

You'd see

Lake · Orchards · Mountains

Now plan your own.

Anywhere in Washington. Whatever you love. Point Lund 1.1 at a destination and see where it takes you.

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