PA to Mesa Verde.
Going to be driving out west this August. We'll be in our Class C going from PA to Mesa Verde. Based on google map, it looks like I can take 70W or 80W. Is one road preceded over the other, any ...
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AGC wrote:I agree, but even the Interstates are sometimes slow--Chicago metro area on I-80 and Indianapolis-St. Louis-KC-Denver metro areas on I-70. The fastest is probably I-80/I-76/I-25/US 160/I-40 to Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, and Las Vegas, with a return on I-15/US 89 to Zion and Bryce, then I-70 and home. That avoids most high mountain passes except Wolf Creek, Vail, and the Eisenhower Tunnel, but those last two are on I-70, not a two-lane highway.
2.5 weeks off and plan to stop in Colorado, Utah, Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, with very limited time off I figured driving via interstate would be faster than state roads.
You might actually save some time and miles by using all US highways after leaving I-25 to go to Mesa Verde, then the North Rim of Grand Canyon (skip the crowded South Rim), Zion, Bryce, Capitol Reef, and possibly Arches and Colorado National Monument, then home on I-70. But that route would also skip Las Vegas, or "Lost Wages" as some people refer to it.
No matter which route you take, it's still going to be a real race to see it all.
