Thank you, djsamuel, glad that you found the route helpful. We just came back that way from Santa Fe--except that we go on to Paris, TX then take TX 271 to Pittsburg, TX and on home through the Farm to Market roads. That, of course, is because of where we live.
So the only part of the route I recommend that I am less familiar with is US 69 to Bells, TX, near Sherman.
Sherman is one of the easiest towns to go through, hardly slow up at all but Gainsville is one of the worst; slow to 35 and hit every traffic light in town. But that is a small price to pay compared to the DFW traffic and especially along US 380 through McKinney and Denton, which is the way we always used to go--and it looks so direct on the map.
