I'll say it again, the West is HUGE compared to the East. A logger buddy and I made a trip to South Carolina once to pick up a motorboat. From southern Illinois to Carolina and back was 48 hours exactly. From that same point it was two and a half days of high speed to Montana one way. Overnighted in Iowa somewhere, then Big Timber, then a half-day home. Going, we made it to Rapid City the first night, and that same town in Illinois the second.

From northern Montana to Salt Lake is a day and a half one way for normal people. At 90 mph in an A8 it's a couple hours faster. It's called the Far West for a reason.

Up hills slow,
Down hills fast
Tonnage first and
Safety last.