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Travel_glampers
Explorer
Feb 14, 2019

Route Advice needed from North Carolina to Southwest

We are planning a five-week trip to the southwest(New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado) this spring. We will be in North Wilkesboro, NC first and will head west from there at the end of April. We ...
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BB_TX
Nomad
Feb 15, 2019
I-40 does not go thru Dallas. That would be I-30 and I-20. And that plus 287 would be well out of your way. Stay on I-40 thru Little Rock, OKC, Amarillo, Albuquerque, and on west.

But the other sites mentioned are worth a visit. April/May/early June is a good time to visit the Great Sand Dunes. Medano Creek runs across the base of the dunes until mid June or so and is great fun for the kids. Wide but only inches deep for the most part. Take their swim suits.

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