That's a wise thing to do. MapQuest give some really strange instructions sometimes. Always check them against the Road Atlas.
Yes, but her instructions are something like "Get to Interstate 80, go a thousand miles, make a left at Cheyenne, go fifty miles, you're there". It's really not going to involve much navigation.
The other reason the atlas will be handy is that we aren't necessarily planning each night's stop down to the last detail...the atlas will help us figger where there's a decent sized town to stop in. I don't think I'll print anything but the overall route from MapQuest or MapPoint.