I-90 through Washington and Montana is a better choice in road in winter (in my opinion) than I-80 across Wyoming (which can have large sections closed during major storms).

Now the choice between I-90 across South Dakota, versus I-80 across Nebraska...will only really vary depending on storm situations. I-80 across Iowa is better than I-90 across Minnesota.

With that info, I'd suggest you take I-90 and then divert south to I-80 either via I-25 (front range across Wyoming), or I-29 (mostly paralleling the Missouri river).

Not sure about much to see (any time of the year) across I-80 in Nebraska. But the northerly I-90 route takes you close to Devils Tower (eastern Wyoming a bit north of the interstate) and Mount Rushmore (south of I-90 in western South Dakota.) Good photography places.

If traveling local roads, beware of the wild turkey. There are a lot of them around Devil's Tower.

On Dec 12, 2009, at 11:00 PM, Roger Whittaker wrote:

> dear vanogoneroniters
>
> we are currently in ellensburg ...
> my wife (god bless her pointed little head ) suggested 90 all the way east
> ..
> we stopped in to have supper and i realized we would be cutting across two
> of the coldest states in the world montana and south and or north dakota
> i didnt study the map any further than east of spokane
> oy //
> no offence to ay one who lives there but i hae spent considerable time on
> the canadain prarrie in the winter and have no interest in temperatures
> below the below of temperatures...
> summer would be a better time for that trip ... :)
>
> so we are going to dip down I 80 and eastern it from there ...
> weather dependent of course ...
> so far
> we have stimulated the economy of seattle with considerable investment for a
> mediocre phone and a last years motorola gps
>
> so more updates as we progress ...
>
> too bad to miss Matthew s impromptu circling of the wagons ... er ..
> circling of the vanagons ...
> have fun in lynwood
> yours
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com> wrote:
>
>> Brand new tires, brand new front brakes, work done in Rocky Point, it's 40
>> degrees warmer here, I'm headed north and will be in Lynwood hopefully
>> Sunday night visiting Daughter 2 (Dr. Seuss had Thing 1 & Thing 2: I have
>> Daughter 1 & Daughter 2).  She has Monday and Wednesday off, so I'll be
>> just
>> hanging out all day Tuesday.  We could round up the Westies somewhere...
>> Anybody else up for that?
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
>> Loren Busch
>> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 12:25 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: spotted pastel white van on the road USA ... hey thats me
>>
>> RE: Trip
>> Whey the hell didn't you say you were coming through Seattle?  I'm about
>> two
>> minutes off I-5 when you were passing by Lynnwood, always good for a cup of
>> coffee.
>> Good luck on the trip.  Check the weather carefully if you decide to use
>> routes other than I-5.  101/Hwy 1 down the coast should be clear but
>> inland,
>> like 395, will be cold and probably snow.  Only real snow issue heading
>> south on I-5 is the Siskiyous but they are kept clear if at all possible.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> roger w
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