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What slower areas? The few towns you do pass through that will slow you down pass by in a blink of an eye.
Outside of Vegas, you have Alamo, Lund, Ely, McGill, Wells, and Jackpot. Only in Ely do you actually slow down for more than 2 minutes of driving; the rest you pass through in no time at all.
Twin Falls you skirt, going from 93 to Poleline (past Target and Costco), and then straight to the interstate.
If you drive the interstate, you'll dealing with SLC metro traffic from Provo to Ogden. That's a solid hour of congested metro driving; even if you don't slow down here (you will) it's still an hour longer going this way.
I have driven both multiple times, and I like both routes for different reasons. The 93 route is usually very quiet in terms of traffic, where I-15 can be a Daytona 500. Depends on how fast you want to get there, I guess.
But, seriously, if you want to get there quickest, you should stay on I-15. Yeah, I know all about SLC traffic, but just tune in to traffic reports and you can usually avoid troublespots, as SLC has optional N/S routes.
I actually prefer 93, but most will find it cumbersome and slower.
Making the trip from Long Beach to Boise on June 18th. I plan on taking the I-15 through Las Vegas then on Route 93 through Alamo, Ely, Wells, Jackpot, and Twin Falls, then west on the 84 to Boise. I will be driving a 20' U-Haul and towing my car. Can some one recommend a hotel in Ely where I will be able to easily park?
Thanks, Eric
Definitely stay in Ely. There is nothing in Well that you would want to stay at and you would need to push through to Jackpot.
However, on this route (US 93), Ely is a major stop. Past there, you have to drive another 170 miles to get to Wells.
Ely is a total dump-hole and I wouldn't recommend stopping
there for anything except gasoline and lunch at Taco Time.
It's more like 140 miles from there to Wells, but who's counting?
The best thing to do is stay in Vegas, then you can make the
drive to Boise up US-93 via Jackpot/Twin Falls in about 10 hours.
Much safer, in my opinion, than driving in TheMormon 500, i.e., up I-15.
The Mormon 500 is actually quite simple. These faith-based LDS love to break the law when it comes to speeding. So put together the Church and Speeding and you get the answer. (Perhaps a generalization as not all speeders are Mormon, and not all Mormon's are speeders. But this is where this comes from).
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