Best route for a tough drive - Salt Lake City to Crater Lake

We are hoping for some advice on the drive from Salt Lake To Crater Lake. Currently we believe that although it looks long on the map, best choice might be to drive I-84 to Boise-Nampa-Ontario, then West through LOTS of Oregon. On Route 20 to Bend, then down Route 97 to Crater.

It looks to be fewer miles through Winnemucca and up through Klamath via Route 140 - but they say it is more twisty and a longer and boring trip.

Either way we%26#39;ll take it easy and make the drive in two days. Any advice is much appreciated!

Best route for a tough drive - Salt Lake City to Crater Lake

Boy, this is one of those places %26#39;you can%26#39;t hardly get there from here...%26#39;

It%26#39;s going to be a long boring trip regardless of which way you go. I suggest going to Reno on I-80, then north on 395/139 to Klamath Falls. We drove that route from K. Falls to Reno last November. It was actually a very pleasant trip.

Since you plan to split it into two days, you could spend the night in Reno. Many of the hotels/casinos have really good prices on rooms this summer.