The number of homeless female veterans is on the rise: in 2006, there were 150 homeless female veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars; in 2011, there were 1,700. That same year, 18% of homeless veterans assisted by the VA were women.
Re: Best dramatic drive from Spokane to Salt Lake City. I have driven between Spokane and Salt Lake City and the drive is a beautiful mountain drive through the panhandle of Idaho and Montana. Huge forests of Pine. Nothing scenic to speak of though once you hit I15. We visited a working silver mine in Wallace, Idaho and a few ghost towns in Montana.
Hotels closest to Salt Palace Convention Center. 1  0.1 mile Marriott Hotel Downtown 75 South West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. 2  0.1 mile Plaza Hotel 122 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101. 3  0.2 mile Radisson Hotel Downtown 215 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.