Originally Posted by Fantasminha

Thanks for all the great advice about the potential weather issues in mid-April guys. I can't change my vacation ... in my job I can't take holidays in May or June, and July-August mean kids out of school and loads of cars on the roads so it's pretty much April or September for us. I am going to look for an alternate route for those dates in case the weather turns crap. We live in Reno and plan to rent an SUV and drive to the starting point. Any suggestions?