I 80 out of California through Nevada and Utah

KNS, here's an earlier discussion. As Nevada mentioned, maybe it has to do with the holiday. http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28624843.cfm

knshook wrote:

Billinwoodland wrote:
Winnemucca is a good spot to stop on the i80 route. If you want free, water canyon campground is good. But the New Frontier RV park has full hook ups, good wifi, good cable tv, all for the exciting price of $19 with good sam discount card.

We are staying 2 nights next week. FHU for two nights was 75.00. What did we do wrong???

Not sure. Did you ask for a Good Sam discount? I just looked on their website and I see the price you paid. I was there in October. Maybe there is a season difference in cost? Also, high desert had a sign advertising $19 overnight. Maybe they were matching that price. Have a great trip.

Dottie5, Runamucca is a motorcycle event in Winnemucca over Memrial day weekend.

Busskipper wrote:
Ken , surprised it took you "100's of times" to decide to avoid I-80 - Couple trips and I- swore it off. Truck traffic and slab joints will keep me off it for EVER.

I took both routes when I was working in Nevada as a geologist many years ago. We'd fly into SLC and then head out I-80 if we were working the Wells/Elko/Carlin area and US 50 if we were working the Ely/Tonopah area, although we did take US 93 down from Wendover on occasion. If we were working the Eureka/Austin corridor, it was a tossup. I worked out there for 16 years so had many opportunities to sample all sorts of routes. One time we even took the back road through Callao (UT) and down through Gandy to get to US 50. Now that's getting into the middle of nowhere!

Busskipper wrote:

4runnerguy wrote:

Dottie5 wrote:

4runnerguy wrote:

Dottie5 wrote:
Unfortunately we will need to stick with I70 going out. We have reservations and need to be in places at specific dates. We may try US50 another time, if we go out to CA again.

I thought you were asking about your route coming back. US 50 would be an option vs. Las Vegas or I-80.

I was mostly asking for what it's like on the I80 route. There are few towns and looked like not much to see through that part of Nevada. So I was curious what thoughts people had about the route if they had taken it before.

My advice was based on travelling both of these routes (I-80 and US 50) well over 100 times each. Unless you have some pressing need to stay on I-80, I'd opt for US 50. And US 50 is more scenic than US 6. If you must take I-80, Elko is the biggest burg with the most amenities along I-80. But between crossing the Black Rock Desert and then the Salt Flats, you're in for a long, monotonous drive. If you're planning a summer trip, the Las Vegas route can be exceedingly hot.

Ken , surprised it took you "100's of times" to decide to avoid I-80 - Couple trips and I- swore it off. Truck traffic and slab joints will keep me off it for EVER.

Rt 50 would be my choice - and add couple more days with a chance to get my feet wet in the Colorado with the kids on the way (Moab/Colorado River).

I am still confused as to what the question IS?

I-80 IMHO is not FUN.

Rt 50 would give you a change of scenery, and a stop in Ely would work. Then on to Moab and follow the Colorado River out on Rt 128 to I-70 in Colorado.

Then you have a variety of routes to get back to ? in Colorado.

BOL,

Well, you're kind of answering my question/concern. It looked like I80 would be a lot of barren land and I was trying to confirm that to hopefully get the husband to consider a different route. We'll look at 50. He was just straying away highways for the trip back to avoid adding more time. But I don't like I80 when we take it east from Colorado to visit family in Nebraska and Iowa and we take a lot of highways to avoid it. So much traffic and that annoying leap frogging that some drivers do. They don't us cruise control, come blasting up on you around, get back in the right lane to only slow back down because they lull into complacency. Then you have to slow down with your rig or try to power up and pass. Or getting stuck in a cluster of vehicles. I can't stand I80 and it usually seems to go through flat boring parts of the country.

So I'll tell him about hwy 50. Thanks everyone!!

4runnerguy wrote:

Dottie5 wrote:

4runnerguy wrote:

Dottie5 wrote:
Unfortunately we will need to stick with I70 going out. We have reservations and need to be in places at specific dates. We may try US50 another time, if we go out to CA again.

I thought you were asking about your route coming back. US 50 would be an option vs. Las Vegas or I-80.

I was mostly asking for what it's like on the I80 route. There are few towns and looked like not much to see through that part of Nevada. So I was curious what thoughts people had about the route if they had taken it before.

My advice was based on travelling both of these routes (I-80 and US 50) well over 100 times each. Unless you have some pressing need to stay on I-80, I'd opt for US 50. And US 50 is more scenic than US 6. If you must take I-80, Elko is the biggest burg with the most amenities along I-80. But between crossing the Black Rock Desert and then the Salt Flats, you're in for a long, monotonous drive. If you're planning a summer trip, the Las Vegas route can be exceedingly hot.

Ken , surprised it took you "100's of times" to decide to avoid I-80 - Couple trips and I- swore it off. Truck traffic and slab joints will keep me off it for EVER.

Rt 50 would be my choice - and add couple more days with a chance to get my feet wet in the Colorado with the kids on the way (Moab/Colorado River).

I am still confused as to what the question IS?

I-80 IMHO is not FUN.

Rt 50 would give you a change of scenery, and a stop in Ely would work. Then on to Moab and follow the Colorado River out on Rt 128 to I-70 in Colorado.

Then you have a variety of routes to get back to ? in Colorado.

BOL,

nevadanick wrote:
Are you staying during Runamucca ? Holiday and event might be why.

I'm not sure what that is :) We we would be coming back around June 6th.

Are you staying during Runamucca ? Holiday and event might be why.

Billinwoodland wrote:
Winnemucca is a good spot to stop on the i80 route. If you want free, water canyon campground is good. But the New Frontier RV park has full hook ups, good wifi, good cable tv, all for the exciting price of $19 with good sam discount card.

We are staying 2 nights next week. FHU for two nights was 75.00. What did we do wrong???

You dont cross the Black Rock desert when on I 80. Its well north of the Interstate.