I-10 best choice thru TX?
Traveling Jan 15th from Pensacola FL to Casa Grande AZ. Was wondering if I-10 through TX is the best choice of route to take at that time of year. Camp grounds, fuel, safety?
Lakeside
Lakeside
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UtahBluegrass wrote:
Though expensive, a new wife is always an option. ;-)
That is funny, :) but not practical for me; I married my high school sweetheart. Plus I am not sure if towing 1/2 of a 5er down the road is legal?
Lakeside- Though expensive, a new wife is always an option. ;-)
lakeside013104 wrote:
Wow, thank you folks for the fine ideas.
I should have stated more on the safety issue: Wife gets a little abrasive if she goes too long without seeing a little interesting scenery. The cab of the TV gets real small and occasionally I fear for my backside for all the tongue lashing I can get if there is nothing pretty to see when looking out the passenger side window.
I have heard that some parts of TX highways are long and generally boring. No problem for me. All goes back to the old cliché; "happy wife means happy life". Just trying to be proactive and be prepared.
Thanks all.
Consider slipping a sleeping pill in her coffee. West Texas has to be one of the longest least variety drives I ever made. OK 170 thru Kansas and east Colorado is pretty dull too. When I drove the speed limit of 80 in my van people passed me like I was standing still on one trip. In the MH I don't go over 70 so they really fly by. I also second the idea of a stop over in Fredericksburg. Darn good German food, Super Wallmart, fuel, etc. LBJ's ranch is nearby on the Pedernales near Stonewall. Fort Stockton has fuel and a WallMart, and a pizza joint. Not much else except tumble weed. The place is pretty booked up with oil workers. I usually go north from Stockton on my way to Santa Fe via 285 but sometimes go west to Deming and on up to Silver City. Scenery gets more variety in New Mexico.
Lakeside- If you do the Hwy 90 thing there's also Seminole Canyon, just before you reach the Pecos River, that has a cliff shelter with pictographs to check out. I also recommend you fill up at Sanderson before heading further west through Marathon and beyond. There's a large convenience store on the left just before you exit the town. On a future trip when you can afford the time, Big Bend Nat'l Park is a great place to visit for a few days.
- Consider a stop at Balmorhea State Park. An excellent place to spend a night or two!
- TX Shadow, thanks for the event ideas. We will check things out.
Lakeside - No, no, no! Don't go through Austin. That's as bad or even worse than going through Houston!
- Highway 90 offers a bit more variety but west Texas is semi desert so the color scheme is gray with dark green cedars and brush after you leave del rio.
But the pecos river has a good scenic overlook of a canyon.
Past that is Langtry with a federal museum devoted to the infamous judge Roy bean.
Marathon has an old hotel with gourmet dining room and nice motel Spanish style.
Marfa offers an interesting phenomena of spooky lights ......6 miles east of town at a rest area made for viewing the lights and they do exist because we have seen them.
Also the old hotel in town has been restored.. Liz Taylor and rock Hudson stayed there when they made the movie "giant".
So there u have some of the sights of west Texas :) - Wow, thank you folks for the fine ideas.
I should have stated more on the safety issue: Wife gets a little abrasive if she goes too long without seeing a little interesting scenery. The cab of the TV gets real small and occasionally I fear for my backside for all the tongue lashing I can get if there is nothing pretty to see when looking out the passenger side window.
I have heard that some parts of TX highways are long and generally boring. No problem for me. All goes back to the old cliché; "happy wife means happy life". Just trying to be proactive and be prepared.
Thanks all.
Lakeside - Places we have stop on this route-I-10-Alamo Fiesta Boerne,If time available a side to Fredericksburg is worth a day. The old KOA in Junction,old KOA in Fort Stockton Hacienda in Las Cruces Voyger in Tucson.Have fun
