i just got back from a trip back from MO/AR area, drove it, it was my second trip acroos from the east, and i have don it twice going west as well. =) Let me warn you now.....do NOT use highway 50!!!!! unless you LIKE seeing NOTHING but rocks and mountains...and also if you have a car with good gas milage, cause it is a LONELY road. sorry, know that was off-list, but...=) Benjamin