Route advice: Las Vegas NV ---> Clackamas OR

Thank you. I just looked at the radar and the weather seems to be easing up a bit. But I don't want any surprises on I-84. So I'm going to take the route through Winnemucca. Not many truckstops on this route though. I'll probably spend the night in Winnemucca because Burns is out of range. Or maybe drive a little more and stay either at the Sinclair on US 95 or Sawtooth Station in Whitestown.

What is PDX?

 

Well here is an update...I left Vegas around 0930. I drove a whopping 200 miles before I had to shut it down. All winter hell broke loose about 20 miles south of Tonopah. I was stuck on US 95 for hours---literally. The road iced up very quickly and a lot of trucks got stuck. Including mine. I got stuck 2 miles south of the truckstop in Tonopah. How's that for luck? I was spinning my drives to no avail in the middle of the highway. One guy had his brakes freeze on him. NDOT had several trucks and plows out there but the poor guys were overwhelmed. They shoveled salted sand under my drives and I was able to break free...briefly. A hundred yards up the road I started to slide again and got stuck. The DOT boys came back an hour later with more sand but still no luck. Finally, a guy with a flatbed tow truck came by and pulled me free with his winch. I slipped him a $20 bill. I then drove to the truckstop where I almost got stuck again. So I found a spot and shut it down with 2 hours left on my 14.

Needless to say, I probably won't make my 0200 appointment on Thursday because I'm about 750 miles away. My plan was to get there tomorrow around 1800. So much for that...

Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?

 

Here is a pic of the road circus...

 

The snow stopped a while ago and there is very little chance of more in the next 24 hours. So I'm wondering if it would be safe to start rolling in a few hours? It is about 18 degrees. Would the ice have cleared up? I know it's a stupid question but this is only the 2nd time in 5 years driving that I go through this. I've been lucky. I reckon there is still ice everywhere since the temperature has stayed below 25. My boss wants me to get rolling after doing an 8/2 split, which would be at 1am. I told him to GO POUND SAND.