Interstate Road Trip Tournament, Round 2, Heat 3.
 

We have eight heats in Round 2. Vote for your preferred road trip.



Your contestants are:

I-17 from Phoenix, AZ, to Flagstaff, AZ
7 Day Trip
146 miles, 21 miles per day on average
Passes near Sedona

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_17

I-84 from Portland, OR, to Echo, UT
7 Day Trip
770 miles, 110 miles per day on average
Passes along the Columbia River and through Boise and Ogden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inters...%E2%80%93Utah)

I-15 from San Diego, CA, to Sweetgrass, MT
11 Day Trip
1,434 miles, 130 miles per day on average
Passes through Riverside, Barstow, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Pocatello, Helena, and Great Falls

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_15

I-86 from North East, PA to Windsor, NY (North East is actually the name of a town.)
267 miles, 38 miles per day on average
Passes through Elmira and and Binghamton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inters...80%93New_York)

My thinking is that I-86 snuck into Round 2 in a weak heat. It's okay but no great shakes. I-84 would be pretty, no doubt about it, but I-15 would be pretty too, and has some more interesting stops. I-17 would be awesome if I had a bigger radius from the highway, but I can't reach Sedona from there.

I'll go I-15. Probably north to south.

Easy decision...I-15

If you are doing the I-15 run, Sand Hollow State Park is exactly 10 miles from the highway in Hurricane, UT. My wife and I have driven up there a couple of times to ride ATVs in the sand dunes there. Highly recommended.


Edited to add a couple more pictures.

Going I-84, Echo Utah sounds like a charming destination... I’ll get there after a quick detour to the Uinta Basin