I40 will have some high ground in NM and AZ and a whole bunch TRUCKERS... I10 is really becoming a desolation route through West Texas and you may encounter Border Patrol stops and searchs...
When we go WEST from here in Northern Neck VA we head for I81, head south to I40, then head SW pn I59 trough ALA and pick up US82 - Follow that MS and AR to our other homeland of Wichita Falls TX... Then angle down SW to pick I10 and follow that on into Phoenix... Somethings we just keep heading West From Wichita Falls and angle to I40 and get some really nice scenery before picking up I17 at Flagstaff AZ then on into Phoenix...
ALso living in the Phoenix area back in the day we always know the back roads down off the AZ HIGH COUNTRY but would not recommend any of them with bigger rigs... Our OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer goes any where our 4WD Truck will pull it...
We love waking up in the morning in the AZ high Country and watching the sun hit the RED ROCK canyons and mtns...
We like taking another route out of Flagstaff heading for Payson through the AZ High Country. After PAYSON going south it all levels out and comes into the Scottsdale area from the North. Might even pick up the Apache Trail and come out at Apache Junction and then head on into Phoenix that way... Pure GOD's country for us...
None of this is recommended using the bigger trailers...
Roy Ken
