Pittsburgh, Pa to Santa Cruz, CA

On the weather issue, just remember that winter storms in the mountains come from storm fronts that usually come in from the Northern Pacific Ocean and/or down from Canada. They don't just sneak up on you like storms during the summer in the Midwest that spawn tornadoes. Like I said earlier, that means the weather man can tell you with pretty good accuracy if you'll have winter driving conditions or not. I've taken my motorhome over I-80 to Reno in January because I could look at the weather and see it was nothing but sunshine for the length of my trip, and it was. Of course the snow on the side of the road was 10 feet deep, but the road was clear.