Sounds like a great trip. I agree about reports and pictures.

Here are some resources on highway conditions and construction zones if you are interested.

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/



http://511.idaho.gov/

http://commuterlink.utah.gov/

http://gis.wyoroad.info/construction/

"Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing." - Ralph Waldo Emerson