
Originally Posted by
AZBuck
There are really only two basic routes for you and fortunately neither goes through California. They are also within a hundred miles of each other in terms of length and they would both take about three days of steady but not exhausting driving. If I were doing this I would take the slightly longer route because it has slightly more scenery and slightly more civilization on the way north through Nevada. That route would be to simply get on US-93 and stay on it all the way up to I-84 in southern Idaho. You could then complete the journey to Vancouver on I-84. Just remember that there are occasionally smaller parallel roads to the main highways that will let you enjoy the scenery at a slower pace and to get off for a few national monuments/forests/wildlife refuges as well as the Snake and Columbia Rivers.
The first day would be the hardest as there is little in the way of lodging until you get to Ely NV, a bit over 500 miles from Surprise. Midway between Ely and Vancouver would be around Nampa ID.
AZBuck