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02-01-2023, 08:46 AM #1
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Route to AZ
Looking for any tips and/or insights for the best way to go from KC to Apache Junction. From the looks of it we could stick on I35 (coming down from Mnpls/St.P) all the way to Oklahoma City then west on I40 to Holbrook, 77 to Show Low and on to Globe down 60. I was told the Show Low-Globe hwy is a very scenic one to take and don't miss it so I'm trying to fit it in.
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Could angle southwest after Wichita along 400/54 until it meets up with I40.
I figure Kansas and Oklahoma are similar to the Canadian prairies where there's not a heck of a lot of scenery to take in, just hammer down and get through it so maybe sticking to the interstates is faster?
I don't know. Never been further south into the USA by RV than Rapid City SD.
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02-01-2023, 09:34 AM #2
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When are you coming down? The Show Low to Globe run is pretty but can be closed when there's snow in higher elevations.
The diagonal run across Kansas and the OK and TX panhandles is a lot of two lane highway with oncoming traffic that runs you right through small towns. It's a more quaint drive. I prefer the interstates myself even though it's longer as the crow flies. Easier to find truck stops with large fuel islands, and no oncoming traffic or small town traffic.
If not towing though, I'd do the Kansas 400/54.Matt, Irene, and Ruby (our Golden Retriever)
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02-01-2023, 10:38 AM #3
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02-01-2023, 01:44 PM #4
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02-01-2023, 02:59 PM #5
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If you are traveling in the Winter, I would suggest you get as far south as quick as you can. Anything north can be closed due to storms. Even south is no guarantee you will miss the storms, but your chances are much better.
We traveled from FL to AZ in Jan/Feb 2020 and only hit moderately high winds in New Mexico, otherwise, it was dry roads all along our route -- I-10 straight through to Austin TX, then on to AZ.David and Peggy
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02-01-2023, 03:26 PM #7
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David and Peggy
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02-01-2023, 05:36 PM #8
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If you're not on a time-line, and/or extra mileage doesn't make you bat an eye, I would say to drop straight down through Missouri/Indiana/Illinois into Oklahoma to take I40, then 30, 20, & 10 to put you into Texas (normally a lot warmer) up through the southern part of New Mexico then into Arizona.
We winter in Mesa and take this route from Michigan that is 7 nights, 8 days. We average about 300mpd. and the nice thing is, by the time we get to southern Illinois/Missouri we are at RV parks with full hookups the rest of the trip!
Don't get me wrong, we have been in Texas and have used our heated hose for an overnighter! But it beats Michigan in the winterGary & Sheryl 45 yrs tent campers
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02-02-2023, 07:38 AM #9
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