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So I am planning a road trip in late may to visit my family in Texas. I have plenty of vacation time and would like to see something different than the direct route I have taken before. I would be driving alone, but have no qualms about doing it. So I'm giving ATOT control of my routes. Routes are notated as San Diego -> Austin, the trip back would simply be reversed.
Any suggestions to route changes or things to see along the way would be helpful!
Thanks.
Route 1, Mountain Route: Take I-15 North to St George, UT, from there follow Park Roads/ Highways through Zion, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks, to Green River, UT. Make a Small loop down to Arches National Park / Moab. From there take I-70 to Vail, then US 24 South to Colorado Springs, I-25 South to the New Mexico border, cut over to Amarillo South to Lubbock and then Southwest to Austin. Thank you Ironwing and Common Courtesy for the route change ideas.
Pros. Great scenery in Utah and Colorado, I have never been to either state.
Cons. Going through the Rockies can be slow. Also have the downside of having to possibly deal with traffic in Las Vegas.
Route 2, Get Your Kicks Route: Take I-15 North to Barstow, CA. From there follow as much of old US Route 66 as possible from there to Amarillo. Then follow the same route Southwest to Austin.
Pros. Get to see historic America, as well as getting some great opportunities for taking photos of abandoned places.
Cons. Very slow route, speed is limited even in rural areas. Roads can be very narrow. Gas can be hard to come by in some areas.
Route 3, Northern Route: Take 15 North to Barstow. From there follow I-40 to Santa Rosa NM, then South to Roswell, East to Post then Southwest to Austin.
Pros: Follows some of Route 66, still very fast in terms of travel time. A nice change of scenery.
Cons: Takes longer than High Speed Burn, I have seen Northeastern New Mexico several times.
Route 4, National Parks Route: Visit Petrified Forest, White Sands and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks/Monuments, as well as Meteor Crater in AZ. Follows same route as Northern Route up until Albuquerque, NM. Heads south on I-25 to Alamagordo/White Sands , East to Carlsbad Caverns, then south to I-10 towards Austin.
Pros: See lots of cool National Park stuff. Plenty of photo opportunities, not to bad on time.
Cons: Slow due to stopping at parks.
Route 5, High Speed Burn: Direct Route from San Diego to Austin, via I-8 and I-10.
Pros: Very Fast.
Cons: Blow your brains out boring.
Any suggestions to route changes or things to see along the way would be helpful!
Thanks.
Route 1, Mountain Route: Take I-15 North to St George, UT, from there follow Park Roads/ Highways through Zion, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks, to Green River, UT. Make a Small loop down to Arches National Park / Moab. From there take I-70 to Vail, then US 24 South to Colorado Springs, I-25 South to the New Mexico border, cut over to Amarillo South to Lubbock and then Southwest to Austin. Thank you Ironwing and Common Courtesy for the route change ideas.
Pros. Great scenery in Utah and Colorado, I have never been to either state.
Cons. Going through the Rockies can be slow. Also have the downside of having to possibly deal with traffic in Las Vegas.
Route 2, Get Your Kicks Route: Take I-15 North to Barstow, CA. From there follow as much of old US Route 66 as possible from there to Amarillo. Then follow the same route Southwest to Austin.
Pros. Get to see historic America, as well as getting some great opportunities for taking photos of abandoned places.
Cons. Very slow route, speed is limited even in rural areas. Roads can be very narrow. Gas can be hard to come by in some areas.
Route 3, Northern Route: Take 15 North to Barstow. From there follow I-40 to Santa Rosa NM, then South to Roswell, East to Post then Southwest to Austin.
Pros: Follows some of Route 66, still very fast in terms of travel time. A nice change of scenery.
Cons: Takes longer than High Speed Burn, I have seen Northeastern New Mexico several times.
Route 4, National Parks Route: Visit Petrified Forest, White Sands and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks/Monuments, as well as Meteor Crater in AZ. Follows same route as Northern Route up until Albuquerque, NM. Heads south on I-25 to Alamagordo/White Sands , East to Carlsbad Caverns, then south to I-10 towards Austin.
Pros: See lots of cool National Park stuff. Plenty of photo opportunities, not to bad on time.
Cons: Slow due to stopping at parks.
Route 5, High Speed Burn: Direct Route from San Diego to Austin, via I-8 and I-10.
Pros: Very Fast.
Cons: Blow your brains out boring.
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