SOT: Need Oregon Hwy Advice, Getting from Sisters to Portland Options

[ThinAir]

We're trying to figure out how my wife is gonna do the Sisters outdoor quilt show on Saturday while I'm at WCC. One of the ideas is for me to leave her somewhere near Sisters and drive my car to Portland (now there's a sacrifice (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) ), then she'll drive to Portland to meet me after the quilt show.


So... she's driving a VW Eurovan camper. It has no problem with hills, but she's not the long distance driver in the family so we'd like to figure out which route is the easiest alternative. We've never been on US-26 between Madras and Porland, but we have been on US-20 and Oregon-22 which both go from Sisters to I-5. We're wondering if anyone knows these roads and can tell us how US-26 compares to the other two.

Thanks for the help!

[retrotech]

Wow, I am really surprised if you are driving a 914, anyone would suggest taking 5. When you can go through beautiful Bend Oregon, and drive a gorgeous twisty drive through rolling country side north to 84. Take a left [west] on 84, and drive through a National Scenic area, the Columbia River Gorge, traveling all the way next to the Columbia River, with Mt Hood on the left, and Mt Adams on the right. Then passing Multnomah Falls, a huge water fall, one of the biggest atractions in Oregon.
Or you could drive 5 with the Semi trailers, and fast food truck stops.
What ever suits you?