I used to travel to vegas on business, I loved the road between Vegas and Reno, its less traveled and quite peacefull. From Reno head up to lakeview and on to Lapine, again a great low volume road and it's also flatter than going over to Susanville and then up 97.
LaPine is just south of Bend on 97, and you can go due north on 97 allthe way north.
Or you can bore yourself to death and hit I5 as soon as possible and participate in road rage I 5 style ( done that - been there )
I think you'l like the run due north better than going thru Salt Lake, I've tried that route too! way to long and to much truck traffic.
Enjoy your trip
LaPine is just south of Bend on 97, and you can go due north on 97 allthe way north.
Or you can bore yourself to death and hit I5 as soon as possible and participate in road rage I 5 style ( done that - been there )
I think you'l like the run due north better than going thru Salt Lake, I've tried that route too! way to long and to much truck traffic.
Enjoy your trip