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2chiefsRus
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Dec 28, 2015

Indiana to Laughlin, NV - Weather Conditions

We are planning on leaving northern Indiana tomorrow (12/29) heading to Laughlin, NV. Been watching the national weather and looks like I-40 is out of the question.

Any weather concerns going a southern route:
Indiana to Little Rock, AR to Dallas, TX to El Paso to Tucson, AZ and then on to Laughlin NV?

No real time table except want to spend a few days in Laughlin before getting to Quartzsite around the 13th of January.
  • Captain_Happy wrote:
    ... The only possible closer on I-40 might be because of snow in the higher elevations. But then again, I-40 is a major east/west route across country....


    news report wrote:
    I-40 was closed late Saturday night because of icy and dangerous road conditions in eastern New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma.


    This latest storm closed the Great Plains portion of I40, not the high altitude part (western NM west to Flagstaff).
  • You have a MH, make sure the propane is full, you have food and water. You can sit out the bad weather if you need to. But, if I was doing it, I'd plan a more southern route, take your time and enjoy the trip.

    Bill
  • Go down to Dallas, get on I-20, head west to I-10 all the way to Tucson, then over to Gila Bend, up to Buckeye. Back on I-10 over to Vicksburg, AZ. Up through Parker, AZ, Then up to Needles, Ca, and on to Laughlin, AZ. The only possible closer on I-40 might be because of snow in the higher elevations. But then again, I-40 is a major east/west route across country. If it gets closed, it won't be for long. The southern route, no problems.