Western Washington to Nashville

Thanks TenOC - haven't been to Monument Valley, so we'll check that out. Definitely planning on stops, but maybe more so on the way back home once we pick up DD.

ppine, do you have a website that you use to check the mountain passes, or do you have to do it by state? And that's what I wanted to know...if there's a chance for snow, I'd rather avoid it.

IN April many mountain passes will be closed. The chance of snow in the Rockies is very real. Take the southern route.

Nashville is a fantastic place to live except for one problem there's nothing to see within 500 miles. Depending on what you have seen in your other travels, you might want to take in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, the national parks of Utah and Monument Valley. Then you have 2 days hard-driving to Nashville.

Even in mid April, if you hit bad weather simply hold up for a day and continue trip. So any of the many routs from Washington to Nashville should work for you.

Thanks coolmom42!

What do you think about taking I-20? Thinking maybe we could visit White Sands NP again (weather should be fine) and then head East on I-20 through Dallas (or possibly drop down to I-10 and visit family in San Antonio, Houston).

Per Google maps... that's 91 hours and 6,241 miles roundtrip.

Consider going through Las Vegas to Flagstaff and picking up I-40, all the way to Nashville. Be prepared to lay up a couple of days for high winds and/or storm fronts anywhere from Texas on eastward, on that route, regardless of your direction of travel. If you should hit any snow around Flagstaff it won't last long.

Going on down to I-10 would get you out of the wind, generally and maybe out of the worst t-storms in April. Be aware that RV parks on the Gulf Coast have taken a serious beating from hurricanes this year and may be closed due to damage.