I looked at the routes to Boise today through a couple other driving directions sites today to compare southern routes. The suggested route from MapQuest had us heading due north until Kansas and then banking left through Denver, Salt Lake City, and on to Boise. This looked kinda like going around your ass to get to your elbow, as the route through Amarillo, Santa Fe, Denver, SLC seemed more direct when I looked at the map.
I looked on a couple other travel map sites and they all suggested the same route. The last one actually provided the eureka info we were looking for. The route makes sense because it is all on interstates, and it has the fewest number of mountain passes. I thought one of the more southern routes might be better, but it looks like those are pretty mountainous, and would be over less-maintained roads.
It looks like it is pretty flat until just before Denver and you only have to cross a couple mountain passes, one in Denver, and another in Salt Lake City. The odds of those interstates being plowed regularly are good, and we will probably have an easier time finding roadside services and cell phone coverage.
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