So this morning I was reviewing the AAA TripTik for West Hartford to Evanston in preparation for the big drive out. This is the exact same TripTik my parents used when driving me out to school my freshman year, my mother just tucked it away in a drawer until now. For purposes of comparison I decided to pull up Yahoo Maps and see roughly what the drive looked like from its perspective. And so it was that I stumbled onto the following, excellent instruction:
Step 7. Take I-80 West/US-209 South - go 679.8 miles
Step 7. Take I-80 West/US-209 South - go 679.8 miles