Which route should we take?

Okay. I know we said we were going to wait until after Christmas to do more planning and plotting.  But, dang it, it’s just too exciting!  So, last night, we started looking at routes.  We’re taking Tom’s car and leaving mine here.  We have three days to drive, so I can start work on Monday the 18^th of January.

Tom’s leery about driving through the Colorado mountains in winter.  (Can you blame him?)  So, we’re looking at several options.  And, we’re trying to keep the number of miles per day to a manageable number. 

Oh!  Here’s an interesting aside… When we ask Siri about mileage from x to y, the number she gives is always a few hundred miles less than what we find when we use Google Maps.  Is she giving mileage “as the crow flies?”  So, while we find her useful and reliable in many areas, we’ve discovered we just can’t trust her when it comes to reporting mileage. 

One of the things I love about Tom is that he plans ahead rather than “winging it” for lodging along the way.  So, after he figured out the total mileage from here to Las Vegas and divided by 3, he came up with our en route lodging cities!  The current plan is to stay in North Platte, Nebraska on Friday night and then near Salt Lake City the second night. But, if the driving conditions force us to alter our plans, the cancellation policies for each of the places will allow us to change our plans on the day if need be.  Another relief!