About three weeks am taking my daughter and moving her to indiana -- not my choice but -- looking for a good route and towns to avoid on the trip. considering 70 -- not a sightseeing trip -- just a drive a truck there and fly back trip. any info would be appreciatted.

Taking a highway slanting down from Oregon to I70 is probably the best way to go. I70 is a reasonably maintained, well graded, major East/West route with plenty of gas stations, restaurants, hotels and repair shops if you need any of those.

Keith

Depending on where in OR might want to consider 84 east to 80 and then 80 east. Beats dropping all the way down to 70 and will actually be fewer miles

I-80 is a pretty good road, except Chicago sucks.

This is a quick move -- she will be working in Avon -- looking for a place to rent/buy also or any good neighborhoods / and those to stay away from. Any indiana folks here

I want to avoid chicago at all costs -- what a cesspool.Kinda reminds me of portland.

any known good ones? I am only good for driving about 12 hrs a day

Salem area -- I just figured the farther from chicago and the least amount of time in Illinois is best.

Avon is a great area. Housing will be expensive but should be able to find something. I live about 40 miles from there.

84 to 80 to 74

To far north for me to give good area input. At least she will have more gun freedom here.

Looks like I70 would add 3 hours total.

The route I suggested avoids stuff like denver kc and st louis and the southern suburbs of chicago.. Its also pretty direct.

Danny hit the nail on the head with the route he posted.
I74 keeps you away from Chicago and St Louis as well. And 74 brings you in to the Indy area just a few miles north of Avon.

I would take the route Danny mentioned. Good luck keeping up because they fly across there. They used to have a lot of slow pitch softball tourneys in Avon if shes into that. They probably still do.