What’s Your Alternate Approach?

So, I’m standing in front of a car after about a 1, 454 mile drive from Phoenix to Seattle – just go ahead and Google it to get the exact mileage. It struck me on this drive that if you put Phoenix to Seattle into Google Maps, a number of different routes pop up. One of the routes shoots you straight up through the middle of Nevada on Highway 93. In fact, if you look closely, there’s a little shortcut … through Highway 318, or I think that’s the name of the highway shortcut. 
What’s funny about all of this is that the car I drove from Phoenix to Seattle actually belongs to my in-laws. They just moved back to Seattle to live closer to family. Long story. Anyway, I said hey, I’ll fly out to Phoenix, pick the car up and drive it to Seattle. So, I did. I was