Hi All... My wife and I had our flights cancelled from San Francisco to the UK earlier this week thanks to the volcano. We have been able to rebook for a flight back home on this coming Sunday evening but departing from Seattle.

We've hired a car and are preparing to travel up the coast but have no idea what to visit on route given we've not planned for this (we're English so don't really know our way around this great part of the world!).

We'd like to visit some National Parks with stunning scenery, and perhaps some welcoming small towns and maybe even some off-the-beaten-track sights.

We'd really appreciate some ideas with weblinks if possible as we plan to leave tomorrow afternoon and take 3-4 days therefore covering around 300 miles a day, this should give us plenty of time to get to see a few places on the way up.

Any ideas on decent places to stay on the way up will also be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!