Best route from Bismarck ND to El Paso TX
We are traveling from Biamarck ND to El Paso TX in May. Has anyone done that? Is it better to go on I29 south or go the western route or US 83?
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I would suggest US 83 all the way from Bismarck to I-20 at Abilene, TX, then west. Mostly a good two-lane U.S. highway with a few 4-lane sections, very few big towns and no big cities, less truck traffic than the interstates, and even a few interesting sights along the way.
North Platte, NE, has Buffalo Bill's ranch and the world's largest railroad yard, complete with an observation tower (that charges an entry fee). McCook, NE, has hills (believe it or not!) in downtown, brick streets, historic buildings, and the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in Nebraska (there was once an oil boom in McCook). In Shamrock, TX, you can photograph the U-Drop Inn and ornate Art-Deco Conoco Tower gas station that are landmarks on Historic Route 66. Abilene, TX (not KS) has a very interesting WASP museum dedicated to the women service pilots of WWII who trained in that town and flew everything from trainers to 4-engine bombers to Air Corps fields around the world.
Just suggestions, but it really is an easy route with no mountains and little traffic compared to other routes.
North Platte, NE, has Buffalo Bill's ranch and the world's largest railroad yard, complete with an observation tower (that charges an entry fee). McCook, NE, has hills (believe it or not!) in downtown, brick streets, historic buildings, and the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in Nebraska (there was once an oil boom in McCook). In Shamrock, TX, you can photograph the U-Drop Inn and ornate Art-Deco Conoco Tower gas station that are landmarks on Historic Route 66. Abilene, TX (not KS) has a very interesting WASP museum dedicated to the women service pilots of WWII who trained in that town and flew everything from trainers to 4-engine bombers to Air Corps fields around the world.
Just suggestions, but it really is an easy route with no mountains and little traffic compared to other routes.
