Hallo all

Thank for the input.
@Southwestdave, thank you for the great reference to your trip. It pretty much mirrors the route we have in mind, albeit just South to North.

Apologies if I missed it in the detail but couldn't pick up the size of your RV? How many feet?
Any time you felt you "lost out" because of driving the RV e.g. not allowed to stop, not allowed to access a particular lookout point etc? And the driving itself over long distances? we pland to do ~300miles/day at least. Lastly, a few comments I've seen mentioned the fact that the passengers don't have good sightseeing from the RVs because of seating configurations. What has been your experience?

In light of above, I'm now looking at campervans. The 17-19ft range. They seem to be Ford T-350 or E-150 models. Are these regarded as normal vehicles? One can thus drive and park as you wish?

One other thought now that it will be more "camping"-style accommodation - do we risk hypothermia if we do this late April in Washington or should we be ok? I do realise it will still be cold, but hopefully "survivable" :)

Lastly, also because of continuous feedback that we're too ambitious with what we're trying to see, should we "can" Olympic National Park, head down to Portland first thing, try and do Columbia Gorge etc and from there rather spend our time driving south? Or is Olympic a must see?

Thanks