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Sherryscience's avatar
Nov 25, 2014

Traveling I-10 in mid-December

We are taking the motorhome from central Colorado to Florida in mid-Dec, and although we usually travel east on I-70, we decided to try the southern route and take I-10. It is longer but we hope for better weather. I'm concerned because I see on the Good Sam trip planner that there are several low clearance (12 ft) tunnels near Mobile. Is that a problem? We have a bigger motorhome on this trip, so I'm not sure.

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  • There is one tunnel (George C. Wallace Tunnel) under Mobile Bay and it has a clearance of 16 ft. That's the only tunnel I know about on I-10 and we've been up and down it quite a few times. Not the California section tho.
  • Have driven the route a couple of times with our MH. No clearance problem at the tunnel. Just drive the speed you are comfortable with when going thu the tunnel. One grade with possible snow at the CO/NM border. Watch the weather and cross in good weather. El Paso & Houston easiest to travel thu Sunday morning. Plenty of places to stop at long the way. Did find the East Coast truckers were not friendly towards RVs, IMHO. Got pulled over once by a Alabama Good Old Boy, just checking us out. Found it funny, two older persons in a MH pulling a car trailer with a BMW. Still not sure what he wanted. Let us go after questioning if we had guns on board and what kind. When we drove the route in a car years back, everything was closed on Xmas so make sure you have a place to stay, fuel and food. Weather can turn cold/cool until you get to mid-Florida. WE did enjoy the trip each time.

    rocmoc n AZ/Mexico