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GizmosMom
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Jul 15, 2016

Interstates safer than "Blue Highways?"TRIP UPDATE

We are now retired and I have our summer trip to Colorado planned. We share the driving. I want to travel the back roads and blue highways. I want to take our time. The Interstates make me nervou...
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GizmosMom
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Aug 11, 2016
Trip Update:
Just returned from 3 week trip to Colorado. We found that the trucks using Interstates 20 and 40 drove us crazy. We wanted to drive at the slower speeds and they (of course) kept passing us. So we opted for the secondary highways and were very happy.

YES! We saw much more than on the Interstates. Of course we had to drive slower but were in no hurry to get home.

Thanks again to everyone who posted!

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