Make sure to plan for weather and have enough petty cash to get you by without a stop at the bank! Try to time your drive when the snow will be less likely on the roads like June if you want to take the most direct route. Avoid being within 60 miles of the border if you go south or you may get searched by border patrol like around El Paso.
If you must travel in the middle of winter or even before May 1, I strongly suggest you consider a more southern route like I40 taking you through Texas, New Mexico Arizona and California, then go up the west coast on I5 or 99 to Oregon and then Washington.. Plan your stops to avoid rush hour traffic in the major cities. Traveling through California between 8 and 10 or 3 and 7 can be frustrating if you hit stop and go traffic in places like Los Angeles, Fresno, Stockton or Sacramento. Same for places like Dallas and other major cities across the country. The east side of the Sierras is fairly desert like in Nevada with much less snow than the California side of the Sierras but the valleys of California or coast will be snow free. Going through Nevada the roads are not as straight as California's main north/south highways. If you drive through California, fill up in Arizona before crossing into California where gas will be at least 50 cents more due to taxes. Avoid roads over 5000 feet if you can as harmless rain in the valleys can turn into deadly snow and ice in the mountains. A snow delay in the Dakotas or Rocky Mountains may be worse than an extra day or two drive along a southern route. The safest trip will be the fastest trip.
Another security measure you can implement to rest is to get a battery powered 4 station driveway motion detector and two or three sensors. Take the receiver into the hotel and set the chime on in your room and place one sensor in the back of the truck facing the locked door and another on the floor of the cab facing up to the driver seat. You can have another one in your room pointing towards the door. If someone tries to take the truck while you are sleeping they will trigger your booby trap and you will be alerted someone is messing with the truck. If you have a club in place on the steering wheel, nobody is going to take it before you can get to the truck. Better than sleeping through a theft. As I mentioned before, plan your stops carefully. Make sure there is plenty of parking right in front of your room or plan on sleeping in the truck with some motion detectors set up strategically to alert you if someone comes up to the vehicle.
I was stopped in MO once and tweedle dee and tweedle dumb started walking towards my truck from down the street. My spidee sense told me to move and as I drove towards the two hoodlums, they turned and walked in a different direction. Listen to your spidee sense! If people pay too much attention to you or lock eyes on you, move.
If you must travel in the middle of winter or even before May 1, I strongly suggest you consider a more southern route like I40 taking you through Texas, New Mexico Arizona and California, then go up the west coast on I5 or 99 to Oregon and then Washington.. Plan your stops to avoid rush hour traffic in the major cities. Traveling through California between 8 and 10 or 3 and 7 can be frustrating if you hit stop and go traffic in places like Los Angeles, Fresno, Stockton or Sacramento. Same for places like Dallas and other major cities across the country. The east side of the Sierras is fairly desert like in Nevada with much less snow than the California side of the Sierras but the valleys of California or coast will be snow free. Going through Nevada the roads are not as straight as California's main north/south highways. If you drive through California, fill up in Arizona before crossing into California where gas will be at least 50 cents more due to taxes. Avoid roads over 5000 feet if you can as harmless rain in the valleys can turn into deadly snow and ice in the mountains. A snow delay in the Dakotas or Rocky Mountains may be worse than an extra day or two drive along a southern route. The safest trip will be the fastest trip.
Another security measure you can implement to rest is to get a battery powered 4 station driveway motion detector and two or three sensors. Take the receiver into the hotel and set the chime on in your room and place one sensor in the back of the truck facing the locked door and another on the floor of the cab facing up to the driver seat. You can have another one in your room pointing towards the door. If someone tries to take the truck while you are sleeping they will trigger your booby trap and you will be alerted someone is messing with the truck. If you have a club in place on the steering wheel, nobody is going to take it before you can get to the truck. Better than sleeping through a theft. As I mentioned before, plan your stops carefully. Make sure there is plenty of parking right in front of your room or plan on sleeping in the truck with some motion detectors set up strategically to alert you if someone comes up to the vehicle.
I was stopped in MO once and tweedle dee and tweedle dumb started walking towards my truck from down the street. My spidee sense told me to move and as I drove towards the two hoodlums, they turned and walked in a different direction. Listen to your spidee sense! If people pay too much attention to you or lock eyes on you, move.