Central California to Elkhart, Indiana
Trip planner wants to send me thru Denver. It looks like there are some really high elevations and steep grades on that route. 30 ft. TT with a GMC 2500 D/A. Is there a better route or is this doab...
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What makes for a 'white-knuckle' drive?
Long mountain grades? - only if your RV is under powered and you have to crawl up a 35mph while the trucks are breathing down your neck.
Or the brakes and gearing do give good down hill control.
The north route has the Sierra crossing, and a climb from SLC into Wyoming. The rest is a piece of cake.
The south has Tehachapi. I40 has a climb out of the Colorado river, and another out the Rio Grande. I70 has a climb into the Rockies, and big drop to Denver.
Weather? Yes, driving in a snow storm can be tense. But so can a tulare fog, or a Wyoming cross wind, or a midwest thunderstorm and tornado. Tehachapi has been closed by snow and mud flows.
Traffic? I imagine CA99 is as heavy as it gets, both directions. I80 across the south side of Chicago can also be heavy and fast. I hear that traffic into a Denver on I70 can be heavy at the end of weekend. I15 into Vegas supposedly is heavy at times.
Long mountain grades? - only if your RV is under powered and you have to crawl up a 35mph while the trucks are breathing down your neck.
Or the brakes and gearing do give good down hill control.
The north route has the Sierra crossing, and a climb from SLC into Wyoming. The rest is a piece of cake.
The south has Tehachapi. I40 has a climb out of the Colorado river, and another out the Rio Grande. I70 has a climb into the Rockies, and big drop to Denver.
Weather? Yes, driving in a snow storm can be tense. But so can a tulare fog, or a Wyoming cross wind, or a midwest thunderstorm and tornado. Tehachapi has been closed by snow and mud flows.
Traffic? I imagine CA99 is as heavy as it gets, both directions. I80 across the south side of Chicago can also be heavy and fast. I hear that traffic into a Denver on I70 can be heavy at the end of weekend. I15 into Vegas supposedly is heavy at times.
