Traveling from Michigan to Arizona in late November

2gypsies wrote:
Late November I wouldn't take I-40 across. Drop down and come into Arizona on I-10. There are many routes to do this. You probably won't be visiting friends in northern Arizona anyway... are you?

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Late November I wouldn't take I-40 across. Drop down and come into Arizona on I-10. There are many routes to do this. You probably won't be visiting friends in northern Arizona anyway... are you?

The Northern roads have equipment and training to deal with weather, the southern roads just wait it out.

Wow! Appreciate all of this great advice. Now we have info to work with. We ran into a bad ice storm years ago on I-40 west in OK. Practically shook our previous rig apart. We have friends in many parts of AZ, so we're not particular where we enter the state. Just looking for a smooth and safe journey. Thanks again!!

North or South makes a difference.

we've done Chicago to Tucson for 8 years or so. We take I-55 to I-44 in St Louis

I-44 to I-40 in OK City

I-40 west to Amarillo.

From Amarillo take I-27 south to US 60 west to Clovis, NM

Pick up US 70 west in Clovis.

Other than a couple of towns US 60 and Us 70 are good four lane all the way across NM.

US 70 to I-25 south in Las Cruces

I-25 to I-10 and west to Tucson.

Stops along the way:

Motel Six in St Robert MO is a Good Sam, but nothing to write home about, just four pull throughs and some back ins behind the motel, but right off I-44

OK City Rockwell RV Park, right off I-40 nice park, a bit pricy

Around Amarillo is a **** shoot, have not found anything good. We usually do a long day and push on to Roswell and stay at Trailer Village.

There's an Escapees park in Deming, but we usually go on to Wilcox, AZ. Ft Wilcox RV. Puts us about 90 minutes out of Tucson.

Weather, weather, weather. This is July ask one of the climate change gurus or get a farmers almanac. I would depend on the ten day forcast.

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My personal cutoff is September when heading west on any of the more northern routes. Yea you can do it but you never know when a snowstorm hits and then you are on the side lines waiting for them to clear the roads. And then there is the chains issue required in some states.

I-10 is the safer route to go late in the season but then again you really have to watch the weather before you head out.

I tried leaving Wisconsin in November to go to Florida and I had to sit and wait and wait for the weather to clear. It's a **** shoot anyway you look at it.

Weather, weather, weather. This is July ask one of the climate change gurus or get a farmers almanac. I would depend on the ten day forcast.

we,ve done I40 and I10 we like I 10 chance of bad weather is less and not as hilly.

If it was me. I would run I69 to I70 to I44 to I40 and west. We travel from KC to Tucumcari to Death Valley, across KS, OK, TX, NM & AZ in late December and have only had to alter our route once in 14 years because of weather. I did get to drive on a little snow in Flagstaff once. I travel with Points of Interest (POIFactory.com) on our GPS for Walmart, truck stops & rest stops. Always a free place to stop for the night.

Richard

I-80 was fine for me December 2015. Went through Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, eventually made it through Northern Arizona.

On my way back in January, all the roads passing through Texas and Oklahoma were closed because of ice, flooding or blizzards. Cut North through New Mexico and took 80 East again.