Picking up my trailer from LAX to IN in mid-December

I grew up along I-40 just east of Albuquerque (Moriarty, NM, to be precise, "Where New Mexico gets ugly and stays that way"). I'd also recommend taking I-10 through El Paso and San Antonio, although the El Paso - San Antonio stretch has to be one of the most boring drives in America. I remember making money in high school during snow storms helping the local tow truck owner pull people out of ditches who refused to believe it snowed in New Mexico. It is the desert, after all....