Detroit to Grand Canyon and then Sedona.

Golden_HVAC wrote:
If you are used to driving in feet of snow, you will enjoy the Grand Canyon at 6,500' elevation a LOT in the winter. Personally, I do not have a snow plow on my truck, so no thanks.

The first time I went there was Thanksgiving weekend in 1987 - the first year I had my F-350 and camper. It did not have a furnace, but had a oven and 4 burner stovetop. It was COLD! Ice on the roads, ect. I ended up camping in the parking lot of Riverside Hotel in Laughlin AZ.

I had a friend move up to Flagstaff, and worked for the school district, and got to drive the new pickup with a 8' wide snow plow on it. He even got to practice in the school district parking lot, and could drive it home when snow was expected, so he could help clear the school parking lots when he came in early the next morning.

I would prefer camping much further south, say Tucson, Ajo, or Mesa AZ. This is a much lower elevation, and not as subject to snow in January, but you can see snow in Tucson each winter. It usually melts the next day. Mesa it is more rare to see snow, but my sister posted pictures of her snow covered palm trees a few days ago, in nearby Apache Junction. So snow can happen there, just not each winter. I am sure that it melted right away, as it was supposed to be 57 yesterday.

Weather.com can be your friend, look up the cities you plan on traveling to, then look up the 10 day and monthly weather forecast.

Even I 40 through Albuquerque would be really cold in January, at 5,500' elevation, with a couple of other passes to go through, I would not want to be there with a trailer in the deep snow, or icy roads.

I would recommend going far to the south, then take I-10 towards El Paso, and try out Tucson. They have a wonderful air museum full of aircraft and other things to look at. Just west of town is a large campground with plenty of cactus to look at.

Good luck,

Fred.

No Fred, I don't enjoy driving in snow and on ice. That's why we're wanting to escape Ontario in the winter. And I'll be towing a new trailer, so no unnecessary risks for me. We'll head south first and I'll look into your suggestions re Tucson, Mesa, etc. Thanks