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I've taken some pretty awful road trips before, usually due to lack of preparation. I'm on the east coast, so I'm not sure about specifics of where to stop, but I can give you pretty decent supplies checklist. For a road trip of this magnitude you will need the following:

2 cartons of cigarettes
1 large picnic cooler
1 bag of ice
2 cases beer (domestic, cans)
2 4-packs Red Bull
1 package condoms (optional)
1 functional radar detector
3 bags chips (doritos, fritos)
2 lighters (one backup)
1 portable dvd player
1 cigarette-lighter-adaptor cell phone charger
1 large bottle advil
1 large bottle pepcid complete

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I can't tell if you're serious or quoting a movie or something, but this post is stellar.

Also, echo the add five hours to circumvent crappy weather crowd. Plus, you're probably not even losing that much since you will likely be able to drive faster (and less stressfully). Then again I've always lived in a warm weather climate and don't even know what snow tires look like, much less chains on tires, so maybe I'm a little too cautious.