I must say that your experience in Peru tops mine in terms of sheer danger! The picture of your truck straddling the Equator also reminded me of two...
I'd probably stick to the US-190/TX-21/US-69/TX-110/Cty-2274/US-79/TX-43US-59/I-30/US-167/US-67/I-55/I-39/I-90/I-39/US-51/MI-26/US-41 routing. I know...