Best way to move out of a dorm from Colorado to Illinois?

I'm a freshman in college and I'm moving out of my dorm at the end of the semester in December. I'm trying to figure out of the best way to move all of my stuff from where I go to school (Colorado) back to Illinois.

I'm considering three options:

1) Having my dad drive out here in December and picking me up and then driving back. Although this is the simplest option, it's quite expensive what with eating out all the time, hotels, and gas money. It's about a 16 hour road trip one way and quite miserable too. Since it's December he's wary about driving in all the snow that we're bound to get.

2) Packing up most of my belongings and shipping them, then bringing just a couple of suitcases/carry ons with me on the plane home. This is also a really expensive option because of the cost for shipping and of course the plane ticket.

3) Storing my belongings in a storing facility for the winter and flying home. Then in the summer we would go on a road trip to pick everything up. This option is what my sister suggested but I feel like it's twice as expensive, plus I won't have a lot of my stuff until I'm able to get it all in the summer...

What do you guys think would be the best option?