I-70 vs I-80 road condition, which is better.
We're heading out to Richfield, Utah area in a couple months. I'm wondering which road is in better shape, I-70 or I-80? It's only about 100 mile difference. I planing on I-70 thru the tunnels. Pul...
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Our kids went to university in Laramie and we drove the 80 many times. Wyoming is such a gorgeous state, but you really don't see any of the beauty from I-80. It's long and monotonous and it feels like it will never end.
The winds are predictably horrible, and it can storm as late as May and as early as September. It snowed every year for finals week in May and we got snowed in when we visited for graduation.
Most recently we dipped down into Wyoming in late September to dodge an early snow storm in Montana when we were heading west from North Dakota. We should have dipped further south than we did, because the drive on I-80 was horrible. The winds stopped all truck and RV traffic for hours. It was still blowing when we got back on the road, and somehow a gust got inside our bedroom and blew out our large bedroom window. The window wasn't broken or damaged, it was just plain gone. All of the papers and receipts on my dresser beneath the window were still there, but the window was missing. We had to finish the cold trip with plastic duct-taped over the window, which was pretty chilly when we got snow in Nevada.
Not that the I-80 should be avoided all the time, but Wyoming is a rugged state with a pretty short summer and harsh winters.
The winds are predictably horrible, and it can storm as late as May and as early as September. It snowed every year for finals week in May and we got snowed in when we visited for graduation.
Most recently we dipped down into Wyoming in late September to dodge an early snow storm in Montana when we were heading west from North Dakota. We should have dipped further south than we did, because the drive on I-80 was horrible. The winds stopped all truck and RV traffic for hours. It was still blowing when we got back on the road, and somehow a gust got inside our bedroom and blew out our large bedroom window. The window wasn't broken or damaged, it was just plain gone. All of the papers and receipts on my dresser beneath the window were still there, but the window was missing. We had to finish the cold trip with plastic duct-taped over the window, which was pretty chilly when we got snow in Nevada.
Not that the I-80 should be avoided all the time, but Wyoming is a rugged state with a pretty short summer and harsh winters.
