Is it a scenic drive from Vancouver to Seattle?

Answer 1

I think the real question is do you really need your car in Seattle and how much time do you have? If you don't need your car, then take the train. Its a beautiful ride with great scenery all the way.

If you do need your car, there's a few things I would suggest. If you have a lot of time, I would head east on the Sea-to-Sky Highway to Lilooet via BC-99, then head south on Trans Canada 1. When you start seeing the signs for the US, follow those which will bring you to WA-9, a beautiful scenic route that I recommend almost year round. There's a bunch of scenic side trips off of this which you can see on http://www.myscenicdrives.com/regions/washington . With this type of trip, I'd probably recommend following WA-9 all the way and meander into Seattle that way.

With less time, I'd probably head south from Vancouver to the US border, then take WA-9 or Chuckanut Drive as a side-trip. The trip is wooded with mountain views for most of it -- as the I-5 widens, the scenes become much less interesting IMHO.