Texas Panhandle / Oklahoma

In case anyone trawls the forum for this info: TX70 from Clarendon to Pampa is great! From Pampa on to 83 through Okla its OK. In terms of road conditions its much preferable to either 83 through Canadian or 287 from Dumas.

Yep, I thought 83 in Texas was worse than 287 in Okla. Thanks for the tip on the park in Perryton, don't know that we'll be there at stopping time but always good to know about these places. Thanks.

Greg

I live in Perryton and travel most of the roads you mentioned. Yes 83 is very bad, but will improve. 70 is much better but probably not perfect. The oil field is booming in this area and larger trucks are traveling south all the time. The highway dept. has gotten behind. 70 to Perryton would be a good choice, then on to Liberal Ks.
We have got to where we go north on 83 then catch 3 to New Mexico and on up to Colorado. Not to bad is you are pulling that direction.
One side note we do have free Rv parking at Whigham Park. It does have water and electric. There is also a dump station. It's right on 83.

We came up 283 from Vernon, TX to Dodge City the first part of March. It was horrible. We went to Texas down 83 from Liberal - road was fine to Perryton, but horrible for the next 40 or so miles. They are working on that stretch, so it might be lots better soon - but - don't think we're going that way again - not even to see if it's improved. Thinking of taking 183 when we go south again in December. We know it's okay through Kansas and we'll see how it is through Oklahoma - then continue south on 281 from Wichita Falls.

I've been on US 83 through the OK Panhandle, but not the TX, but that road is probably better than 287.