Okay, so Norah and I are in the planning stages of our road trip to Utah
over Christmas. I'm looking for any hints or advice that will help make
the trip go smoothly. We're just going to drive straight through, taking
turns driving and napping to try to get there as quickly as possible.
Yes, we're probably insane for wanting to drive that far, but we're both
really sick of airline travel. Plus, have you seen the ticket prices to
fly out of Toronto around Christmas time???
Anyway, I think we've covered all of the general stuff (got the maps,
blankets, lots of coffee, etc.) What I'm wondering is specific
information about our possible routes. What's the weather usually like?
Any good routes to stay away from? Is there fuel available 24 hours /
day? Ongoing construction? Known speedtraps? Stuff like that.
I've identified three possible routes that we can take to go from Toronto
to Salt Lake City:
1. I-80 (because it's the shortest)
2. I-70 (because it's further south and might have better weather
3. I-80 to I-76, then I-76 to Denver, then I-70 (because it avoids the
worst part of I-80 through WY)
I can post more detailed route info if anyone is interested.
I'd like to hear from anyone who lives close to these routes, or who has
traveled them enough to have anything that might be useful. I've done
I-80 going from SLC -> Toronto once, but it was in July '97 and the
biggest lesson I learned was to buy air conditioning on all future
vehicles :-).
Thanks in advance.
-- ------------------------------------------------ Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Toronto, Ontario his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
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