Dallas to Denver for Thanksgiving
Hello all! I'm taking my wife and 1 year old daughter to Denver for my family's Thanksgiving this year. This is our first year heading out there since moving to Dallas and I'm curious on the 2 pri...
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We ran the basic reverse of this trip for a number of years from western Colorado to south of Okie City. Our favorite route with a good chance of decent weather was to go east to Interstate 25, at Pueblo, south to Raton, NM, east to Clayton, then Dalhart, to Amarillo. East on I 40 to Okie City and south on I 35.
With that said, some of the worst winter weather I have ever seen has been in the Panhandle of Texas. One trip we were stuck in Shamrock for several days and had Turkey Day dinner there, rather than at my parents.
If the Raton area has bad weather, go on east on Hwy 50, into Kansas and cut south when you find better weather to I 40. We had to do that a time or two. Make sure you have a good weather app or two on your smartphone. Carry winter gear for everyone with you, never know when you might need it.
We normally made the trip in a 4 by Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Hwy 287, from Fort Worth to Amarillo is my current favorite summer road when we are headed from south Florida to western Colorado, which we do most summers. Up to I 40 at Okie City or to I 70 at Salina adds miles to using 287.
With that said, some of the worst winter weather I have ever seen has been in the Panhandle of Texas. One trip we were stuck in Shamrock for several days and had Turkey Day dinner there, rather than at my parents.
If the Raton area has bad weather, go on east on Hwy 50, into Kansas and cut south when you find better weather to I 40. We had to do that a time or two. Make sure you have a good weather app or two on your smartphone. Carry winter gear for everyone with you, never know when you might need it.
We normally made the trip in a 4 by Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Hwy 287, from Fort Worth to Amarillo is my current favorite summer road when we are headed from south Florida to western Colorado, which we do most summers. Up to I 40 at Okie City or to I 70 at Salina adds miles to using 287.
