From Border crossing Peace Arches to Virginia

[ali fernau]

I am planning to travel to Virginia in mid December. I have already
read some of the other post that people have put in, but my question
is a little different. I will be travelling alone. in a very small car
Toyota Corolla. with a little dog too.

I want to come down from the Peace Arch crossing down into California
then head across to Virginia. I have looked on the map for the best
rout possibilities and thought that I-80 across Sierra mountains would
be bad with snow, and also the great plains.

Then I thought about cutting down from I-80 to I-70, What do you think
of the rout? for all weather conditions?

And what about I-40, I thought that would be the best because it would
be through the hotter states.
I am Canadian too, so what kind of insurance package would be best for
me to have while travelling alone in US in winter? I can of course
look into it here as well.

I would appreciate any and all of your advice. Thank you very much.

Ali.