Last evening's weather had winter storm watch for I-80 with sections
reported closed for White-out conditions.  I think this storm is coming from
the south, so I 90 may be less affected.

  Looks to be a major weather event, this storm.

  Don Hanson
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:

> 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
> > From Proverbs:
> > Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: a
> > servant who becomes king ...
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