Don't get too worried about the drive. 10's of 1000's of snow birds make the drive down I15 every winter. There can be some bad parts through Montana as it is mountain driving in the winter. You can also by pass Salt Lake and the mountain passes south of there by taking the 93 which just goes through Nevada. It's not too busy and is a lot flatter, lots of the seniors will pull their trailers down this way. It adds about 1 1/2 to two hours.
We were going down in May one year and ran into a wicked snow storm just south of Nephi (UT) cars were going in the dithch every which way and nobody slowed down at all, it was just crazy.
We always stay the first night in Idaho Falls at the Driftwood Inn and got to Applebees for 1/2 price drinks and 2 for 1 appetizers.
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