So now, how to do SanAntonio?
On our way west to Albuquerque go thru or around San Antonio to Fort Stockton and then northwest to NM?
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Not sure just where you are now, but Florida to Albuquerque I would not be going anywhere near San Antonio, it is too far out of the way. Would not be going to Houston either.
Coming out of Florida (a frequent trip, lots of family there) I start north somewhere west of Mobile, before the mess at New Orleans/Baton Rouge. Usually up through Jackson, from there can go through Shreveport and Dallas, up through West Texas to Amarillo. More often I go up through Mississippi through Greenville and Little Rock, then I-40 the rest of the way across.
In the middle of the country many of the best routes are not part of the Interstate Highway system, particularly if you want to run on a diagonal that crosses the grain of our "all roads lead to DC" system.
San Antonio is a place I visit frequently, because I like it, so "how to do" would be "stop for a few days." If you are not visiting Houston and San Antonio, you should probably turn north before Texas. If you are as far as New Orleans, you still have I-49 as an option, it takes you as far as Shreveport.
If you don't want to go through or around Dallas, you can work your way diagonally to Paris, then up 271 to the Indiana Nation Turnpike for a fast connection to I-40.
It's been a while since I've gone through Shreveport, today I'd probably take I-20 west to US-59, 59 north to Texas 49, then 49 to pick up US-271 the rest of the way to and through Paris. This route avoids all the larger cities in Texas, and the highways are almost always real good. They will not be so good in Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Unless someplace like Carlsbad or Roswell is on your list of stops. In that case stay on I-20 (it skims the south side of Dallas/Ft Worth) and take US-285 north through New Mexico.
Coming out of Florida (a frequent trip, lots of family there) I start north somewhere west of Mobile, before the mess at New Orleans/Baton Rouge. Usually up through Jackson, from there can go through Shreveport and Dallas, up through West Texas to Amarillo. More often I go up through Mississippi through Greenville and Little Rock, then I-40 the rest of the way across.
In the middle of the country many of the best routes are not part of the Interstate Highway system, particularly if you want to run on a diagonal that crosses the grain of our "all roads lead to DC" system.
San Antonio is a place I visit frequently, because I like it, so "how to do" would be "stop for a few days." If you are not visiting Houston and San Antonio, you should probably turn north before Texas. If you are as far as New Orleans, you still have I-49 as an option, it takes you as far as Shreveport.
If you don't want to go through or around Dallas, you can work your way diagonally to Paris, then up 271 to the Indiana Nation Turnpike for a fast connection to I-40.
It's been a while since I've gone through Shreveport, today I'd probably take I-20 west to US-59, 59 north to Texas 49, then 49 to pick up US-271 the rest of the way to and through Paris. This route avoids all the larger cities in Texas, and the highways are almost always real good. They will not be so good in Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Unless someplace like Carlsbad or Roswell is on your list of stops. In that case stay on I-20 (it skims the south side of Dallas/Ft Worth) and take US-285 north through New Mexico.
