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firefly925
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Jun 05, 2017

Memphis to Mesa Verde NP with one overnight, CRAZY?

Traveling from Memphis to Mesa Verde with plans to only stop once overnight in between, is this absolutely crazy? If I have to I can cut a day at Mesa Verde and add another day to the traveling to get...
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Bigdog
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Jun 06, 2017
One big thing to remember is that after leaving Santa Fe, most of the roads you'll be driving will be two lane mountain type roads. From Santa Fe to Durango is nice wide two lane and from Durango ,there are hills and curves. After leaving Mesa Verde, the run to North Rim is pretty straight forward and goes past Monument Valley. two lanes to Zion and four lanes from Zion to Vegas. From Vegas, it's freeway and two lanes to Bakersfield and 99 north to Sequoia NP.

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