Travel from Central Ohio to Arizona

We have traveled to the Phoenix area many times departing from Indianapolis on December 27th. We travel I70, I255 & I270 south around St Louis to I44 to near Springfield, MO. There are a few campgrounds east and near Springfield. We only want a good 50 amp electric service. From Springfield, we continue on I44 to the Kilpatrick Turnpike to go around Oklahoma City to pick up I40 west of Oklahoma City. From Missouri past Oklahoma City is mostly toll roads. This route angles across the route to make the trip shorter. The tolls are less than the added fuel cost to avoid the tolls. We stop for the night at Sayre, OK at their city park and then continue on I40 to Dancing Eagle Casino about 50 miles west of Albuquerque where we stay the night and then continue on I40 to Flagstaff and south on I17 to the Phoenix area. We watch the weather carefully along the trip and are prepared to turn south at Oklahoma City, Amarillo, and Albuquerque to eventually to I10 through El Paso and on to Phoenix area. If you have to take the south option, the trip is about 280 miles longer. only once in 12 years have we had to turn south. Two years ago, the temp was 11 to 14 degrees until we got to Flagstaff and from there south it got warmer to 69 in Phoenix. When it is that cold we do run the LP gas furnaces and supplement with electric cube heaters at night. We did not have any freeze up. Indianapolis to Phoenix is 1,770 miles, and we travel about 450 miles per day more or less.

We always leave Palm Sunday to return home and have worse bad weather them when we were going to Phoenix. Our bad weather has been snow and ice from 50 miles west of Albuquerque to Clines Corner, NM. One time was a couple of hours delay and others slow travel for possibly 100 miles. Other times were heavy rain all through Oklahoma and Missouri. Take your time and be safe.