Some of these were also already suggested. I've been to all of these unless otherwise noted:

• Point Reyes is beautiful.

• I'd recommend staying on the coast for more of your drive. From the Bay, staying on the 1 is much nicer than the 101, IMO. Bodega Bay to Fort Bragg is particularly gorgeous.

• I've heard wonderful things about The Lost Coast. [I haven't visited myself, though.]

• Cape Perpetua (just south of Yachats ["Yah-hutz"], Oregon) is beautiful. Up there with Point Reyes, imo.

• Rent a dune buggy / dirt bike / ATV in southern oregon and zip around on the bigass sand dunes. [Been there but haven't played with wheeled toys there.]

• Go a bit further north in Oregon on the 101 before turning east. Depoe Bay, OR is particularly good for whale-watching.

• Northern Oregon has particularly good tidepools, imo. Know your tide-times. Cannon Beach is a classic spot (and Haystack Rock is cool). "Short Sands"/"Smuggler's Cove"/Oswald West SP is great too. (All are different names for the same place.)

• Astoria has a bigass bridge that reminds me of the bridge in FL to the Keys. Quite possibly larger than any bridge you've ever been on.

• The areas around For Stevens SP (OR) and Long Beach/Ilwaco/Oceanside, WA are where P. azurescens grow more prolifically than anywhere else on the planet. (And the Park Rangers / LE also know this.) I hear they're quite potent by weight. Look in the grassy areas close to the sand. Beware "woodlover's paralysis" and be certain of your ID. I'd recommend taking sporeprints; it should be a dark purple, almost black color. Rusty-brown is bad.

• The elevator in Oregon City is neat.

• Portland has a lot of nice bridges. The St. Johns bridge is my favorite, and there's a nice park below it, Cathedral Park (named for the beautiful bridge struts).

• The Columbia River Gorge east of Portland is magnificent. It's worth taking the old scenic highway (off I-84), which goes past numerous beautiful waterfalls.

• Timberline Lodge (on Mt. Hood, about an hour east of Portland) is great. There are a few restaurants and bars inside. They have an amazing buffet that is legendary among PCT thruhikers. Also, The Shining was filmed here.

• Chihuly Garden & Glass is one of my favorite places to visit in Seattle. Would highly recommend. (Consider bringing a bit of any P. azurescens you may have found too 😉 )

• Leavenworth is cozy and quaint. If you're an athletic hiker, the Enchantments thruhike is epic and jaw-droppingly stunning. (As good as the High Sierra, IMO.)

• Lake Chelan is amazingly scenic too.

• I'd urge you to visit Glacier NP too, since you'll be right there. Note that you need a car pass and a visit reservation (or something like that--basically two documents, as I recall. Read the small print before your trip; US Nat'l Parks can be a little complicated.) The Going-to-the-Sun Road is epic. The Highline Trail is an amazing dayhike. Bring bear spray and keep it on your belt/pack strap. (I think you can rent it there. Also, check if the roads will even be open, depending on the timing of your trip.)

• Yellowstone is great. I don't remember details about any hikes. I remember it being car-centric and full of other ppl, lol.

• Consider making your road trip a big loop, if you have available time. I-90 is beautiful in that section (like central/western MT to Oregon). I'd recommend Bozeman>Missoula>Spokane ("Spoke-anne"), then hitting Leavenworth and other central WA places if you wish, then dropping back south via the east side of the Cascades. Take Hwy 97, going through Bend, OR, then hitting Crater Lake, then taking 97 to Klamath Falls, then cutting southeast via 139 toward Alturas, CA. Then 395, past Lassen NP to Tahoe area. You could then cut west back toward the Bay. I-80 is stunning in that stretch. detouring onto the 20 to pass thru Nevada City/Grass Valley may also be worth it. OR, if you really have the time for it, the 395 south of Bridgeport is among my alltime favorite highways You could take it all the way to JTree, which is ideally visited in January, imo.

  One other recommendation, just in case you're not already familiar with it -- I think you'd appreciate [Atlas Obscura](https://www.atlasobscura.com/).
  

If you like silly things, be sure to hit the Fremont Troll and Archie MacPhee in Seattle. Gasworks Park is lovely and is named for the abandoned stuff there. If you have time, I recommend the Lake Union hot tub boats, silly and fun, but reserve ahead.

In parts of the Oregon coast you can have a nice drive on the beach.

Silver Falls State Park! IMO it has some of the best waterfalls I've ever seen and I've been to Iceland a lot: https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=151

Edit:
Also to pass by Portland and not check out anything in the gorge is tough. I'd stop at the Portland's Women's Forum vista point, the fish hatchery and Multnomah Falls.

Despite my recommendation, I feel like you are cutting out the best part of the Oregon coast. I'd consider staying on the coast till Astoria and check out the Tillamook cheese factory, the two haystack rocks in Cannon Beach and Pacific City.

Edit2: Not far off your path is also Oregon City which has a municipal elevator and a nice walk along a cliff from which you can look down at the abandoned Blue Heron paper mill at Oregon Falls. I haven't been there in ~6months though and am not sure if they have started tearing down the paper mill yet (there are plans for a big development there).

Edit 3: I also suggest the Portland Japanese garden. It's better than many Japanese gardens I've seen in Japan

My recommendations:

-If you have the time, Victoria has some nice attractions (The Butchart Gardens, Craigdarroch Castle, Tea at The Fairmont Empress if you have money) The ferry ride is longer than I remember, so this is probably impractical.

-Banff and Whistler are very nice

-The Banff Gondola has a really good view of Banff

-Banff also has a Fairmont Express with really nice views

-The Grizzly House in Banff was really good when I went

-Calgary and Whistler both have really cool winter Olympic facilities

-Silver Falls (the falls are better in spring, there's less water in summer/fall in my experience)

-Crater lake (If I were planning a trip like this that I could only go on once I would go through Medford/Klamath and Bend, which would be my recommendation if you don't have particular reasons to travel by the coast. Crater lake is amazing and the Bend area is really nice too. I haven't been to the southern Oregon coast much, though, so IDK what's there)

-If you do go by Crater lake, I think the Train Mountain Railroad Museum is an underrated gem

-Olympic national park is supposed to be really good, but I haven't had the chance to visit the most famous parts of it

-Multnomah falls and angel's rest

-Ken's artisan pizza in Portland

-Rose garden in Portland (depends on time of year)

Also the famous things like the Space Needle, Glacier/Banff/Redwood National Park, and Old Faithful are good. Some of the museums by the Space Needle are cool too.

I'd also second recommending the Tillamook cheese factory and Leavenworth.

If possible, you could stop for a while in Vancouver BC, and visit:

1. Stanley Park

2. Granville Island

3. Capilano Suspension Bridge

4. Canada Place and the surrounding area

Now the weather is what you expect for the PNW, so prepare for a lot of the outdoors things to be wet.

If it's too wet, it's ok as Vancouver Metro area has a lot of good food, Richmond for arguably the best Chinese/Cantonese outside of Asia, Surrey for Indian.

I second the others to go to Whidbey when you're in Seattle, maybe hop by the museum of flight if you're interested in those things. Also if weather/time permits, head to the north cascades for lake Diablo.

Unclear what your hobbies are or the exact dates you are going.

• There's a look of nice scenery around the Rockies, which you can use both for climbing and hiking. Squamish is probably the best well known, and Grassi Lakes is good for beginners.

• A little north of Calgary, there's Drumheller and the Badlands, which has a Dinosaur museum and "Hoodoos".

• If you're visiting in the Fall, Kelowna and the Okanagan area have various harvest festivals. Notably, the cherries and peaches are said to be very good.

This is a dream road trip, take me with you??

• Point Reyes would be a beautiful first stop if you haven’t been, I’m wearing a Point Reyes shirt as I type this

• If you go more north past the town of Banff, Athabasca Glacier, Peyto Lake, and Lake Moraine/Louise are amazing. Banff is absolutely worth stopping for a day (or a week). The drive through the Icefields Parkway is great too.

• There’s a fine dining place that is a splurge but is great if you’re into foraged stuff in Canmore called Sauvage.

Check out Deception Pass and Whidbey Island just north of Seattle along your route map. Gorgeous part of the country. Deception Pass is a great photo op and Whidbey Island has some super cool points of interest like old military forts, a whale museum, a naval air museum, and a couple of sculpture gardens

Also, it looks like you're crossing the border near Abbotsford, but the Blaine border crossing has a great park and museum called the Peace Archway that's pretty cool

If you like abandoned stuff you should check out some of the abandoned Puget Sound military installations, like Fort Flagler and Fort Casey (though they might be a bit out of your way).

A few things that come to mind:

• Mount St Helens

• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Make sure to visit Stanley Park in Vancouver. I’d recommend biking around it; there are rentals nearby.

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Victoria, BC is a great potential destination if you're willing to take the ferry there, the Butchart Gardens in particular are spectacular, here are some photos I took from my last trip

I think I've got everyone paid out. Thanks for the suggestions! I wish there was enough time for me to go to all of them, y'all give much better advice than random travel blogs. I went to so many places I would've never known about! Thanks everyone :)

Thanks everyone for the suggestions! Its taking me a while to work through them all (I gotta research each place and add them to my itinerary) but I’ll get to everyone eventually

Also, I’ve left for the trip. I’ll still pay out for suggestions but only if I haven’t already passed them

!00% you should stop by Maui, Hawaii. Beautiful place, amazing food and experiences in Lahaina, definitely check out Blackrock on Ka'anapali beach, some little hiking spots and cliff diving locations. The bamboo forest in Hana and Biggs beach for some great waves. Scuba tours at BlackRock with amazing reef views and aquatic fauna. There are also boat tours out to Molokini, a crescent-shaped crater island with amazing snorkeling spots.

@TonyPepperoni Whenabouts is your trip? (This will impact suggestions!) If its before April or so, I’d suggest bringing tire chains!

Fremont Troll for a great photo op of silly things (under) the road