Springfield,IL to Phoenix,AZ
Getting ready to head out after Thanksgiving. We will be going the southern most route. IL/MO/TN/AR/TX/NM AND AZ. Any suggestions on stops? Appreciate them.
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You might as well try to make at least 400 miles on the first couple of days, to get down to hopefully warmer weather.
If you are up for a full day of travel each day, but still getting in by dark, you are looking at:
West Memphis KOA
Canton TX (find a commercial RV park)
Monahans Sand Hills SP, west of Odessa, TX (bleak place but right off the highway)
Las Cruces (shorter day) KOA is nice
Phoenix (shorter day)
We prefer state parks but at your stops they are not very close, and maybe not open or practical at that time of year. We find it nice to decompress on the 3rd stop, and stay an extra day. Although at Midland/Odessa/Monahans, it's not exactly paradise. :)
Sometimes we regroup at Las Cruces, then make the final run to AZ.
There just are not a lot of convenient, good, open (that time of year) RV parks in southern MO and through AR on your route. There is a good one in Sikeston, MO. And Texarkana, AR. We've stayed more than once at one in Arkadelphia, AR. The afternoon shift guy is surly but the CG is fine. There are a few good ones in Las Cruces. There is one in town we like, called Sunny Acres. It's quiet, roomy, friendly, and close to shopping and such. The KOA is up on a hill with a beautiful night view of the city. You should be able to get easy pull-through sites at all of the above, except maybe Sunny Acres (but ask, because they do have them.)
Don't feel you need to unhook every night. That's a newbie mistake. Get reasonably level, put your stabilizer jacks down, and settle in. Same for hooking up sewer and dumping, you should not need to do it every day. But at least at commercial parks, you will have the full hookups when you want to use them.
Have fun!
If you are up for a full day of travel each day, but still getting in by dark, you are looking at:
West Memphis KOA
Canton TX (find a commercial RV park)
Monahans Sand Hills SP, west of Odessa, TX (bleak place but right off the highway)
Las Cruces (shorter day) KOA is nice
Phoenix (shorter day)
We prefer state parks but at your stops they are not very close, and maybe not open or practical at that time of year. We find it nice to decompress on the 3rd stop, and stay an extra day. Although at Midland/Odessa/Monahans, it's not exactly paradise. :)
Sometimes we regroup at Las Cruces, then make the final run to AZ.
There just are not a lot of convenient, good, open (that time of year) RV parks in southern MO and through AR on your route. There is a good one in Sikeston, MO. And Texarkana, AR. We've stayed more than once at one in Arkadelphia, AR. The afternoon shift guy is surly but the CG is fine. There are a few good ones in Las Cruces. There is one in town we like, called Sunny Acres. It's quiet, roomy, friendly, and close to shopping and such. The KOA is up on a hill with a beautiful night view of the city. You should be able to get easy pull-through sites at all of the above, except maybe Sunny Acres (but ask, because they do have them.)
Don't feel you need to unhook every night. That's a newbie mistake. Get reasonably level, put your stabilizer jacks down, and settle in. Same for hooking up sewer and dumping, you should not need to do it every day. But at least at commercial parks, you will have the full hookups when you want to use them.
Have fun!
