MPond wrote:2gypsies wrote:
So....are you taking your friends to ride your fun highway - 550 from Durango? We were just on it a few weeks ago but the weather didn't cooperate and it was gloomy and rainy.
:B Yep.
In a rented RV?
If so they will likely buy in to the life. In all the US this area, is by far the most fun for me, just never ever gets old, even in the rain! (more chance to see a Double Rainbow)
Enjoy the trip.
MPond wrote:
I've always taken US-89 & US-160 in between Flagstaff, AZ and Cortez, CO, but it can be a boring drive and slow going if you get stuck behind a slow vehicle on the 2-lane sections.
That route made sense if we were stopping at the Grand Canyon or Monument Valley, but this time were going directly to Cortez.
I'm considering an alternate route: East on I-40 to Gallup, NM, then north on US-491 to Cortez. From google earth, it appears to have more 4-lane sections, both on I-40 and US-491.
Can anyone familiar with both routes tell me how they compare?
Thanks.
Matt,
You've must have been really busy - By now we are usually looking through a really detailed trip report! Not a Question on a route.
Been on both, the side trip which is not that much is Window Rock and Canyon de Chelly, My Great Grandmother was Cherokee and I get Goose Bumps when we drive through these two spots. Another option is to look at driving out 40 to 191 then up to Canyon de Chelly they have a limited CG there and the drive in your vehicle (with their guide is possible)through the monument and is memorable, the roads are not bad, I have never had an issue on the back roads, if I recall there are a few really interesting Rocks along the way.
BOL,
