Anyone familiar with I40 through NM and AZ
Hi, I'm new to this board and new to RVing. My dh and I recently purchased a 31ft travel trailer. We've only driven it from the point of purchase to home - but that was 600 miles through Oklahoma and ...
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Executive wrote:
Unless you go all the way to US101, you're going to have to travel down some twisty turny somewhat steep grades in order to get from the northern section of the country to the southern section. After Albuquerque you either come down I-17 out of Flagstaff to Phoenix and take I-10 across, or you have to take the Cajon Pass down into San Bernardino or the Grapevine. All three are about 20 miles of 6-7% downgrades...nothing like I-17...but they are still pretty steep and winding. Doable, just take your time.
You could simply take I-25 all the way down to Las Cruces, pick up I-10 there and cruise all the way into SoCal....Dennis
Thanks! I know I can't expect flat land like we traveled across in Oklahoma and Texas when we picked the trailer up. But there is an over abundance of elevation gains and drops with a lot of twists and turns on I70. We're planning a short trip to Moab after school gets out and we will have to go through the Eisenhower tunnel and Vail pass and the rest of Colorado before heading south to Moab. I have a feeling I'm going to be doing a lot of yelling from the passenger seat "SLOW DOWN!"
