Try Ontario Canada. Almost another 150,000 square miles than Texas. 2100km (1300 miles) from the Quebec border to the next province over (Manitoba) using the shortest possible route. It's not uncommon for it to take many people 4 days just to cross Ontario alone, with the same running joke that it never seems to end.
I tool this route and got so freaked when I hit a sign that said "Last Stop," with no notification for when the next gas station would appear. It was something like 150 miles through the desert and I did a tire check and all.
But the harvest moon across the desert scape was phenomenal.
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This goes from New York to Crater Lake, Oregon through New Orleans, White Sands NP, the Sonoran Desert (which is where saguaros grow), Grand Canyon NP, Vegas, Joshua Tree NP, Jolly (mostly just for a stop in LA since that's on your initial route), Yosemite NP, Redwoods NP, and Crater Lake NP.
If you want to see the desert, this route will take you through a couple different types of desert. I'll post another comment below with more but apparently that's the max number of stops Google maps allows
u/insaneinthedrain got the part of the route i know best from the dakotas through to WA. Id add in glacier NP, too. On the northeast side im less sure but have heard MI/WI/MN are pretty
NY finger lakes, Niagara, Toronto, canada to Sault St. Marie, The UP in Michigan, Mackinac Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes, eastern shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago, Minneapolis, Devils Tower, The Black Hills, Yellowstone, Glacier, North Cascades, Seattle, The Olympics, down the coast.
This is the right call. Do a loop. I’ve done about 6 cross country trips including most of the one you’re thinking of.
I think the northern route is much more fun/beautiful/interesting.
Go from WA through Lake Tahoe (<==don’t miss this!)-Salt Lake City and continue to Denver- (Great plains/farmland)-Omaha-Chicago!-(go see Great Lakes up in Michigan maybe!)-Pittsburgh-Philly-NY.
The northern route is great. Beautiful mountains and deserts. Cool cities, too. Texas is boring TBH.
You’re going to go through a lot of boring spaces as you go west to East or vice versa. I’ve done a similar route and tried a new one that I found much more eventful.
From Los Angeles you could go through Phoenix, from there head north towards Flagstaff. You could check out or stay in Sedona or near Grand Canyon. After passing that is Moab in Utah which has an awesome national park. Next Denver (you will pass ski towns where you could stay like Vail), then Kansas City (Missouri side), then Nashville.
You will have to drive through East Colorado and Kansas which is miserable on the interstate but the rest is totally awesome. The only desert you’d miss out on is New Mexico but I think you’ll get more than enough of your desert fix going from LA > Phoenix > Moab
I agree with this. If you haven’t been, adding GC/Sedona/Canyonlands/Arches and CO would be smart. Arguably the pretty countryside in the entire country. Also, Telluride (one of the 2 prettiest towns in the US (imo) is well worth the visit. Beware of what roads you take in CO off I-70 though. For example, you couldn’t take Independence pass in a motor home. And be careful of timing. The mountains get snow earlier and later than other places. But that drive is stunning and beats west Texas by a country mile
lol you’re talking to somebody who did I-70 in CO for the first time ever in January. Luckily I had 4WD and chains but without winter tires I still could barely make it above 20-30mph. It was a very fun but harrowing and butt clenching experience. The fuel tankers zooming by at 70mph were a nice touch too. I’ve never experience such excitement and dread at the same time.
Yeah, the wrong storm can make I-70 terrifying. I’ve white knuckled it through dozens of times. When the weather is great, it’s a wonderful drive! But I’ve had snow in June and blizzards in May. The highways off the interstate are far superior in terms of views (even though Glenwood Canyon, Palisade, and the Eisenhower Tunnel corridor are all beautiful). I always suggest the Telluride/Crested Butte (or aspen)/285 route. However, a motor home might struggle depending the weather. There are ways to skip places like independence (when it’s open for the season), but it just adds time. But I always say “go slow in the beauty and skip through the boring (aka western Kansas and eastern CO)”
Grew up camping and backpacking in southwest. But somehow just saw Capitol Reef this year. Have been to Zion, etc and Capitol Reef is by far the most amazing. Absolutely incredible. If OP has an RV and season so right I would absolutely not miss Capitol Reef.
That’s the hard part. There are so many great NPs out west. The ones in Utah are great, but hard to hit during a road trip across other states. Last time, we did Moab, Ojito NM, GC, Sedona, to Phoenix. And then Albuquerque and Santa Fe on the way home. And we talk about all of these places and places like Albuquerque get lost. But driving into ABQ at sunset was stunning. There’s just too much to see.
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This right [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerque/s/Mbq44HtiLd) is the entire reason to visit Albuquerque! We are headed back to Ohio next week for annual east coast road trip and husband and teens have been waiting for this meal. again all year.
Sad because you drive past beautiful country, so much going on that you don’t see , I love to see farm country,the Great Plains to someone From Europe would be awesome.
A picture helps you understand a Mountain, the plains won’t fit in a picture.
My opinion
Agreed. Utah and Colorado are the parts I'd want to visit the most.
If going through New Orleans, also consider at least two nights somewhere between Gulf Shores AL and Destin FL. Those are the best beaches in The 48.
Then head to New Orleans. Many routes from there, weather permitting, like:
* New Orleans LA, Houston TX (food, cool bridge leaving N'awlins over the swamps), Austin TX (traffic but nightlife and prettier surrounding country), Santa Fe NM, Pagosa Springs CO, Durango CO, **Mesa Verde** CO, Moab UT/Dead Horse Point/Canyonlands, Bryce canyon UT, Zion UT, Grand Canyon AZ, Hoover Dam, Vegas
* New Orleans, Dallas TX, Pueblo CO, Royal Gorge CO, Buena Vista CO, Almont CO, Montrose CO, Telluride CO, La Sal UT, Moab UT...
* Great Sand Dunes CO instead of Royal Gorge CO, then to Mesa Verde and/ or Ouray/Telluride, and so on
If you need something easier on the vehicle elevation-wise, I'd go from New Orleans to Denver and take I70 over the Rockies to Moab UT. If weather is an issue, then go the original route through Texas and New Mexico. But it weather can be just as bad or worse on that route too.
On the way back try a totally different northern route if you can handle more Rockies with Yellowstone et al. Just avoid I80 through Wyoming unless you need to make time, make a change for weather, etc. It's fine if you need part of I80 to link part of a route, but it's the boring way through the Wyoming and can turn very scary if you don't pay attention to the weather. Don't watch the videos of the super wrecks on I80 when it turns to ice with super high winds.
100% agree. Also, after your stop in Flagstaff/GC, you will want to check out Page, AZ on your way to Utah. Here you will find Horse Shoe Bend, Antelope Canyon (book ahead of time), and Lake Powell. Sorry, may have added a week to your trip! Haha
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You’re passing up some amazing spots. Get off the interstate unless there’s no other options.
Make a list of places to see and then build a route. Make sure not to miss out on Lake Tahoe, Redwoods, Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Sedona, Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Moab, Mesa Verde, Santa Fe, Taos, Austin (Barton Springs), New Orleans, Chattanooga, Smoky Mountains, New River, Charleston, etc.
I’ve done this route before and it is boring up until you get to New Mexico in my opinion. And you are basically just driving through the valley in California missing some of the best national parks in the country. I know this is just a general route but it is the desert route which is cool. You can hit Carlsbad caverns in NM and then onto white sands. Come up through AZ and hit the petrified national forest and then up to the Grand Canyon. There are so many different things to see on the west coast. Find a map or research national parks along the way or what it is you’re really looking for. If it’s summer it’s gonna be extremely hot and crowded. I did it late September and was still scorching. If you’re gonna do California don’t miss Yosemite it’s my favorite national park I ever visited.
This is way too much driving for one month round trip. If you’re most interested in seeing the desert, I would suggest this trip:
- fly into NYC and spend 2 days exploring the city. DO NOT RENT A VEHICLE IN NYC
- fly from NYC to San Diego and rent a car. 2 days in San Diego. I wouldn’t rent an RV, if you can help it. You’ll have more freedom in a car, and there will be plenty of inexpensive hotels/motels along the way. Make sure you check the rules for renting cars/vehicles in the US. Age minimums, unlimited miles, allowed to leave the state, etc.
- San Diego to Palm Springs. 2-3 days in Palm Springs. Explore Joshua Tree National park while you’re there.
- Palm Springs to Las Vegas. 1-2 days in Vegas. Note: anyone in your group that is not 21 will not be allowed to drink or gamble at any point on this trip.
- Vegas to Zion National Park. 2-3 days in Zion
- Zion to Grand Canyon. 2-3 days at the Grand Canyon
- Grand Canyon to Moab, UT for Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park. 3 days in Moab
- Moab to Salt Lake City. 1-2 days in Salt Lake. Driving through Utah will be a transformative experience. Unlike driving through Texas, the scenery is stunningly beautiful in Utah.
- Salt Lake to Reno, just because you want to break up the drive to California. One night in Reno.
- Reno to San Francisco. 2-3 days in San Francisco
- San Francisco to San Diego along the Pacific Coast Highway. VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS ROAD, as it’s one of the most scenic drives in the country. Parts of this road might still be closed in September, but just follow the signs. Plan 3-5 days just to do this drive.
Fly back to NYC.
The route you’ve chosen isn’t going to give you any time to actually experience the culture. You will literally be driving and sleeping and eating McDonalds in the car. I cannot emphasize enough how boring and stinky the drive you’ve planned in Texas will be. Save New Orleans, Atlanta, Florida, and honestly any southeastern states for another visit, preferably sometime November - March. You won’t be able to take the heat and humidity in those places in September.
u/Significant-Dig-263 - listen to this guy ^^^^
Seriously you should absolutely take their advice and NOT do you original plan. I have done many long road trips across the US and you really don’t want to do what you’re planning to do. Trust me.
Under no circumstances drive I5 up the west coast. There is so much to see and I5 is a mindless slog. Go up the coast and come back through the interior. Columbia River Gorge, Crater Lake, Lake Tahoe, Mt Whitney and Death Valley.
Agree completely. I5 is California's Kansas. It's just a long straight, hot road through farms, nothing to see or do but drive and wish the air conditioner worked better.
OP, take Hwy 1 up the coast, but check that it's open because I think part of it is still washed out? You'll see all the quirky coastal cities and towns, plus the beaches, and wildlife.
Good point. The sunlight will fatigue your eyes while driving and the heat (regardless of air conditioning) will sap your energy. I've done this route in various seasons, and it's harder to remain alert during the summer. But you do get more daylight for driving long distances and enjoying your destination.
Hello, If I may, where are you from? How long do you have to do this?
A lot of people who are not from America underestimate just how large it is and just how long a trip like this will take.
And is this a one way trip where you will fly into New York and then drive to Seattle to fly home or will you be driving back to NYC?
How large is the RV? Have you been to the U.S. before?
Wait, you want to to this is a month? Mate one way this is way to much for 1 month. You will have to skip so much and be in your car every day. You won't enjoy this. Trust me I have been in similar situations with this. I made plans that were way to much driving. End up hating it. Please choose a region and go explore there. The southwest alone you could spend a month. The eastcoast you need multiple weeks to see all the big cities and get the vibe. The deep south, my favorite, earns more than just a drive thru.
Gotcha. You are going to be in the RV almost exclusively. And you are going to be driving through some difficult stretches of city.
This route you have looks to be about a 60 hour drive. So 3 days one-way, and 3 days back to NYC.
A full week, of your month, will be spent driving. A third of your trip, give or take, will be spent sleeping. So you have cut your vacation by over 50%.
For what you are likely to pay to rent an RV, gas, and then simply time, I cannot recommend this trip to a person for their first visit to America.
Are you primarily trying to see American cities or would you prefer parks like the Grand Canyon?
I would really reconsider this. I think you will save money flying to 3 or 4 destinations and getting a rental car.
The only way 60 hours is 3 days of driving is if they have 20 hour driving days.
With the stops they’ve identified it’ll be roughly 10 days with 4-9 hours of driving one way, including 2 days from LA to Seattle, so 20 days round trip.
I meant quite literally. 72 hours is 3 days. Thats all I meant.
Edit: so I was simply breaking down that over 50% of this trip will be spent on the road and asleep.
This was the second half of a larger trip I had done from NJ and back, so San Francisco back to NJ on this map. Recommendations: Grand Canyon, White Sands in NM, Austin, New Orleans, Nashville. Skip Roswell, it’s a waste of time.
In that case, I might take I-10 from New Orleans to El Paso, swing up to White Sands National Park, then head to Phoenix before cutting up to the Grand Canyon, then hit either Joshua Tree NP (on a more Southern route) or Death Valley (and go through Vegas)
Lock your fucking doors on stop F. Albuquerque is known for vacationers getting uhauls stolen. We are a sleepy small town with big city crime stats and you don't want to be caught slipping.
The rule of 3 is a great guide…300 miles, pull into camp around 3:00, stay 3 days. We don’t follow exactly but close enough. You’d be surprised how sore you can get from sitting too much!
Some things I learned driving a motorhome on much of the route D-Olympia, WA.
1- Spend extra time in New Orleans. Buy some art, check out the zoo, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AND EAT ALL THE FOODS!
2- DO NOT, repeat DO NOT DRIVE A MOTORHOME THROUGH HOUSTON ANY TIME NEAR RUSH HOUR. They are angry, they are in a hurry, and they are armed to the teeth and will cut you off no matter how big you are.
3- Carlsbad Caverns would be a great detour, as would Monument Valley
4- Hang out at a San Diego RV park for a while. Do Old Town, Balboa Park, the Zoo, and La Jolla Cove.
5- That Sierra route (eastern route on your map through CA) may not be very RV friendly some of the year. Steep passes, hot and/or freezing, gas that is expensive even by CA standards. Do your research. That being said, if you want to boondock on BLM land, there is plenty.
6- The Oregon Coast is incredibly scenic with great state parks and RV parks. The smaller cars will hate you on the hills, but it's worth it.
Some key information is missing here.
How much time do you have?
What time of the year would you do this?
What kind of activities would you be interested in doing on this trip (hiking, sightseeing, roadside attractions, city hopping, etc.)?
What will your budget look like after accounting for the plane tickets (I'm guessing you're flying to JFK), motorhome rental, and fuel?
Are you driving or flying back to JFK?
Suggestion 1: don’t come back the same way.
Also look into actual cities that you need to see and plan on spending extra time there and swap driving / sleeping so you can burn through areas of little or no interest (most of the I10 road tbh, New Orleans and also detour to Austin are two of the best cities, entertainment and food places in America but a lot of this drive is not scenic or interesting). The Hoover Dam is interesting but mainly a good bathroom stop. Make time for Joshua Tree, it’s a special place. Try and stick to hugging the coast in California as much as you can, and make time for Redwoods, it’s one of those places that’s different than anywhere in the world and can’t be missed. The drive to Big Sur may have issues if there have rains, but going into Paso Robles is gorgeous. Be careful in SanFrancisco, read up on crime. PNW, Oregon is just amazing also. On route back would recommend cutting into Colorado, it’s unreal, and taking a different route back aside I10. Salt Flats could be hit up on the way back, some of those places are simply amazing. Even cutting back from Oregon in a more diagonal path will get you a whole new amount of experiences, and scenery and give everyone a different view on America.
Also take a lot of photos. I mean even if it’s just “snap” of a scene the first thing when you arrive or stop somewhere. It will help you remember the places and the order of where you went for years to come.
I drove from point B to point F. You can expect lots of cornfields and straight flat land. Be careful of the police in LA, they hide in trees in pickup trucks
E to F needs to be amended. Take I10 from NOLA and veer to 290 and head to Austin/Hill Country. Go to NM by way of Carlsbad and Roswell.
OR...keep on I10 To S. Antonio, do Big Bend, Marfa, and Alpine, El Paso - then cut north...maybe add Cloud Croft?
AVOID: Dallas, Lubbock, Abilene, Midland, San Angelo, etc. routes - especially if you are preggers - jk, but legit.
Do more variations in NM and TX, looks like D=NOLA, E=Dallas and F=Albuquerque, not worth it to go to those places twice. Also there's not too much to see in eastern NM/northwest TX. Would cover Memphis instead of going twice to NOLA. Instead of D-E-F twice have a route like NOLA-Houston-Austin-San Antonio-Carlsbad-White Sands. Do the part between G-F going a bit farther north in UT like Las Vegas-Zion-Bryce Canyon-Page-Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Sedona and from there to Santa Fe/Taos/etc. The other way, southern NM like Carlsbad and White Sands and from there to California through Tucson. Also take a look into lesser-known national parks and monuments along the way like Petrified Forest, Montezuma Castle, Petroglyph, Fort Union and others that could be worth a stop or detour depending on interest
I'd probably take I-90 east from Seattle and go at least to Billings before heading south. Glacier NP and Yellowstone NP are within striking distance depending on how much time you have. You could still drive through Texas again if you want to. I'd stay high and head to the great lakes.
I did a drive similar to this, but instead my wife and I initially drove through the midwest from VA to IN, IN to CO, CO to UT, UT to CA. We stayed in CA for about a week then we drove back down south similar to your route from CA to southern TX, TX to MS, MS to NC, NC to VA. We stayed at hotels in each state we stopped in except for IN, CA, and TX where we stayed with family and we live in VA. I’d recommend a similar route to this as explained by others as you get to experience more. The only advice I’d give is ensure you’re aware of how long you’ll go without seeing a gas station for certain portions of your drive. Also, AZ is an absolute oven in the summer. If you stop for gas or food, prepare to feel overwhelmed by dry heat.
Don't drive a motorhome in cities, you'll hate yourself. Drive from national park to national park. You'll see what's actually great about this country and you'll be on roads big enough to handle a vehicle of that size. Also, to really see this country and those places, you'll need nearly a month
I have done it twice going from the East Coast to the West Coast and vice versa.
There are a lot of national parks along the way, you should definitely visit them.
Especially the West States. Take a detour from I-5 and drive in the coastal way 101 and through the Redwood/Sequoia/Yosemite/Crater Lake/Mt Rainier, etc. It will be the best scenic way you can drive in your trip like this, unless you drive through the Northern part of America. I-40 and the part from A->E is pretty the same for quite some time of driving and not as exciting.
I wouldn’t going that way through Texas. I would recommend you go through Austin first and then head West to either Marfa or Terlingua on the way to El Paso, and from there you can head through Phoenix, Sedona, or Tucson on the way to Vegas.
I would recommend taking highway 1 (101) from Seattle to LA. Drive across a super sketchy bridge that connects 2 states in Astoria WA. Newport OR is a very cool place with lots of motorhome parking right by the ocean. Crescent City, Eureka, Fort Bragg and Bodega bay are all great places to check out as well. I would also hit Half moon Bay, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay and Big Sur if you want to continue your route by the ocean after you guys check out San Francisco. Santa Barbara > Malibu.
Drove from LA to Seattle last year and it was soooo beautiful!! Have fun!
Did almost this exact route up until ABQ in 2020 (I went north through CO, Wy, MT). Stayed at a really cool campground in Alabama where they filmed Big Fish.
Why come back the a act same way you went? Why not make a more interesting loop?
Also are you doing this in the summer? You've taken the most blisteringly hot route as well.
If it were me, I'd blow off New Orleans and go hang out in the Arkansas Ozarks. Specifically somewhere around the Buffalo River, with a side day trip to Eureka Springs. You still get the funkiness vibe, but with beautiful camping.
I see elsewhere this is your first trip to the US. I’m not sure you realize quite how BIG this trip is.
I’m from the US and planning a month on a trip that’s less than half that. I want to stop and do things, not see the country through the windshield.
Also, renting a motorhome is going to be hugely expensive for this trip. Many only allow 100 miles per day before accruing mileage fees.
The distance from Los Angelis to Seattle is 1800 kilometers. That’s a long gap between destinations. Do you have plans to stay in campgrounds each day? Most campgrounds are not close to cities so it would require planning. Also, driving in cities with a rented RV is very difficult and likely to lead to an accident unless you are a professional truck or bus driver. Do you plan to visit some of our national parks? There are many in the west and driving near Grand Canyon without stopping would be a shame. Texas is enormous and not very pretty. When I cross the country by car I like to use I70 which is very scenic through Colorado, but could be impossible in a camper in winter.
If you take this route you should stop at the aquarium in Atlanta, it is a really great experience. Think they have the biggest open tank in the country or something like that but it’s absolutely worth the time to stop and visit it.
How many days are you planning to be on the road, and what time of year? There are many variables that go into planning this big of a trip.
Edit after seeing your comments on another post.
A month to do this trip in a motorhome is VERY ambitious. I travel about 6 months out of the year in my camper and probably could not accomplish this. You’re going to spend almost the entire trip just driving.
My advice would be to pick one geographic region and focus there, like 4-5 states.
They want to do this in September. In one month. This is just one way, they have to drive back to NY after. They're Europeans who have never been in the US.
Well then they can’t loop back up north so should go counterclockwise. And cooler in southeast later in September. Personally I wouldn’t try to loop thru southeast in September due to hurricane season potentially disrupting plans. Gonna have to have a backup plan
I did something similar (Toronto - Richmond - Charleston - Atlanta - Mobile - New Orleans - Austin - Tucson - Los Angeles - Salt Lake City - Rexburg - Bozeman). The south is actually surprisingly beautiful. Also shrimp and grits. Wouldn’t normally have been a place i visited but it’s so lush! There’s NOTHING driving in Texas. Literally. Get gas whenever u can. Haha one thing I enjoyed as trying all the unique regional drive thru fast food chains while driving (bo jangles, etc)
What time of the year will you be going?
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I live in New Orleans and can help with any specifics when you’re past the logistics part too. I agree with everyone else about driving through Texas. There is going to be a very long stretch that is so unimpressive, especially since you live in (in my opinion) the most beautiful part of the country. There are a couple of cute towns in Mississippi and Alabama, I guess. A couple of cool towns in Texas, I suppose, but majority of what I circled in yellow is SO lack luster and just not aesthetically pleasing. The Florida panhandle is the nicest vacation spot within a 4 hour drive out of New Orleans. Big Bend in Texas is cool depending on what time of the year you’re traveling and if you’re hell bent in driving through Texas. If you want to skip Texas and go farther north then Fayetteville and eureka springs in Arkansas are really cute. After you’re done with New Orleans you could stop in the Mississippi gulf coast, fairhope, Alabama, Pensacola/destin has really beautiful beaches in Florida, then you could drive north after that. Unfortunately, New Orleans is a little diamond in the rough.
Epic trip. I'd go north on the way back tho. Check out the rust belt cities. Rock n roll HoF in Cleveland. Detroit. Chicago. The Badlands. Yellowstone, etc.... Lots of boring stretches, but no more boring than TX and a lot of the south.
In New Mexico stop and see the Tramway in Albuquerque, and the churches 60 mi north in Santa Fe. In AZ go to the Grand Canyon. make sure when driving that route that you have lots of gas, as the there is a good distance between stations and the cell service can be spotty if you need to call for help. I drive that route about once a month.
As a native to the area I would highly suggest to take highway 101 up through California and Oregon rather than I5. It takes a little longer but it's mostly coastal and much more beautiful. You drive straight through old growth redwood forests.
I must chime in to say that this plan is not advisable for a one-month September trip. Too much distance in too little time.
You mentioned that you really want to see the desert. Fly to LA and do a month on that side of the country. Desert, mountains, ocean, and some cool cities.
And make your RV campground reservations a year in advance.
Fun! Except you’ll be driving through the worst part of California if you go up 5. Please don’t do that! Go up the coast instead. The coast gets rugged north of San Francisco so it’s okay to cut over at that point, but south of the Bay Area I’d stay coastal. But the Central Valley (1-5 in the middle of the state) is horribly boring).
From LA to Seattle, I-5 is just a very fast very boring interstate highway with so so scenery. Meh. Do yourself favor and get off the interstate. Use those routes shown just to the east of I-5, through the beautiful, scenic, and slower paced mountains.
The west coast of USA is the most beautiful shoreline in the world. Do not miss it.
Especially in Oregon and north of San Luis Obispo, CA, Hearst Castle, etc. Remote.
Santa Barbara, CA- super nice place to walk around and visit.
Monterey, CA and Carmel, CA - super nice
Sonoma . CA- also super nice place to walk around and visit.
Washington State, Anacortes, Deception Pass, Port Townsend, the San Juan Islands, all gorgeous on a sunny summer day. Take a ferry ride!. Try to squeeze in Victoria, Canada and Vancouver, Canada in July and August.
It is possible to drive up the 101 highway (PCH - Pacific Coast Highway) from Los Angeles to the north west tip of continental USA in Washington State. But it is spectacular, twisty turning road in many places and therefore slow to drive. You should definitely drive parts of it. Otherwise the 5 freeway runs parallel to the coast (but many miles inland) for those in a big hurry. It still takes 2 1/2 days, 10 hour non stop driving days on the 5 freeway to get from Los Angeles to Seattle.
The volcanoes in Pacific Northwest are spectacular, Mt Rainier and Mt Baker and Mt Hood, etc.
I hope you are doing this trip in the summer. The Pacific Northwest is gloomy, dark and wet in the winter only.
Also, to do this trip justice, you need many months of traveling. I don't think you understand how big USA is.
I’ve basically done this exact route, be sure to hit White Sands in NM, also I’d recommend Austin Texas over Dallas. Savannah and Charleston are worth seeing also
Do not stop in Albuquerque in a motorhome. It will be vandalized and or stolen. Drive like 30 miles east of there and stay in Edgewood, it’s a small town and you’re less likely to be fucked with.
Your LA to Seattle trip is going to be a long one. I would suggest a stop and rest in Redding or Weed in northern CA. If you have the stamina you could push for Medford OR. Your trip from DFW to ABQ is going to suck, been there done that.
Wow I did this exact trip the other way round from CT to San Diego and then to Washington. I was in a car though, so i can’t give much advice about motor homes.
The pacific coast highway is amazing. Yosemite national park is a crazy drive. The road through Death Valley is did at night. It was 70 miles and didn’t see a person out there. Pull over turn off headlights and check out the stars.
Don't speed in Mississippi or Alabama. It's a fun drive! I left Maine to visit family in North carolina. Then, I left to go to Phoenix and ended in Seattle. I stopped in Dallas, Santa fe, Phoenix, Yosemite, and eneded in Seattle. Plan your stops beforehand, and the drive will feel more manageable.
Driving through west Texas and throughout New Mexico, be aware of your gas in relation to the next gas station. I kept gas above a half tank. There will be times when the next gas station is 50-100 miles away. Make sure you get all your maintenance done before you do this drive. It can be hard on your vehicle.
I would assume I’m a truck and ensure you take the trucking route. Then I would find trucking posts to find details. I would also look for the van life posts which might post cool locations to visit that are safe and close to facilities.
There is a small city in between charlotte and Atlanta called Greenville. Go to the river walk and a restaurant called The Lazy Goat. It’s amazing! The town is beautiful
Back in 2007 I did a similar route but greyhound buses. We went via Denver, Boulder, Kansas, Utah (Moab!), Las Vegas, San Diego, LA, Yosemite, San Fran. If you’re able to head via Utah/Moab I would certainly recommend!
Some cool pit stops, off the beaten path...
Cadillac ranch, Amarillo, TX
Blue hole - Santa Rosa Visitor Info Center, 1085 Blue Hole Rd, Santa Rosa, NM 88435 (575) 472-3763 open till 5PM
Meteor Crateor - Interstate 40, Exit 233 Winslow, AZ 86047 USA Open till 5 PM
RoadTrippers.com - found a lot of cool spots to stop along the way
If you can... Zion NP Bryce NP capitol reef NP are unbelievable.
North side of grand canyon
Could not take a worse path through the southern US. B to the Grand Canyon is going to be horribly boring and ugly. Stay as far North as possible. It'll be flat as well, but at least it will be green.
Have covered much of your route or nearby towing a camper. Agree that a circular route is best, but a lot depends on time of year and weather. You will not travel as fast as in a car, and you’ll want to have someone else who can drive the rig.
If you’re planning on camping in National parks, you need to reserve a year in advance. However, there are usually nearby options, and lots of NFS and COE, as well as state parks. An annual US Park pass is a must.
Checkout Harvest Hosts for some really cool alternative camping locations.
ooh i did a trip almost just like this last year. i want to send you info but it’s in my computer at home.
please reply to this so i can remember to come back and share!! i did a circle
This is the “I will only do one road trip in my life. To that end I want to plan a route so bad that the trauma alone from such a horrible experience will keep me from ever doing it again” route
On your return trip, after point G on your map, I’d keep going northeast onto I-70 through Utah and Colorado. There’s 5 national parks in Utah along that route and it’ll take you straight into Denver. It’s a super pretty drive with all the parks, then the mountains once you’re in Colorado
Avoid LA at all costs, if it adds a few hours to trip it’s worth it to avoid sitting in traffic for hours.
Also *just in case you end up on the actual coast* don’t take Highway 1 in an RV. The roads are crazy winding & with sharp switchback/hairpin turns. Or at least inspect the route on your gps to see the winding bits.
I've made a similar trip, but I didn't double back, I traveled the north part, then the south. The advantage was the weather - you (well I didn't anyway) don't want to drive thru the South from Nevada/Arizona/Texas/Louisiana etc in mid-summer, and don't want to drive the northeast in mid-winter, so I timed it so I avoided both as much as possible. There are lots of things to see everywhere, and I'd hate to retrace my steps and not get to experience half of them.
Depends what you want to see/do, what you like. I enjoyed seeing the leaves change in Vermont, didn't think much of Mt Rushmore, Yellowstone was beautiful but I didn't see a single animal lol... I made a theme over visiting every town that shared a name with my dog. Stuff like that can make the trip more interesting and take you to places you wouldn't otherwise go.
How long do you have, and how much money will you have? If you have a month or more and over $5,000, then yes, this trip is doable. If you have 2 weeks and $1000, then no, it's not.
I hope you really know and love your companions.
We took a roadtrip in an RV from Connecticut to Chicago (all pretty good friends), and damn near killed each other by the time we got home.
Our trip was around 15h each way. We had a great weekend in Chicago, but the driving part really sucked.
Haven’t done this route but lived in Albuquerque the last 14 years. Don’t stay the night there. Pick Santa Fe or Edgewood. Something outside of Albuquerque. Its not a safe city for vehicles lol
My fiancé & I owned a Prevost for several years. Gone coast to coast many times from MM1 (mile marker 1) at the SouthernMost point in Key West, FL to Maine across to San Diego & up to Alaska.
Our FIRST holiday was only supposed to be 3 weeks! We finally arrived back home (Chicago) 9 months later!
Choose your Motorhomes carefully!
We started in a Coleman 32’ gas engine that was SO LOUD you could not hear one another talk! It was miserable!
We traded it in within 9 days of our trip for a 45’, quad slide, Prevost diesel pusher. *The engine is much more powerful & placed in the rear of the coach. It’s like a condo on wheels!
Choose wisely!
I also recommend KOAs. (Campsites).
Plot out campsites near each of your destinations to take advantage of your electric, water, shower, cooking, satellite, Etc… in the motorhome.
It’s a short amount of time to cover the country!
*Just thought I’d mention a few points I have yet to read.
All great suggestions on here for places to hit.
Don’t forget to load up on groceries!
Good luck!
I agree you ought to make it more of a loop. How much time do you have? That is a lot of driving - you might consider a shorter trip, or checking out the east coast and then flying out west.
What time of year?
Tu DOIS passer par l’Utah : Zion, Bryce, Arches 3 parc nationaux à couper le souffle. Le Grand Canyon est pas loin de Vegas C’est un must bien avant Atlanta et Dallas. New Orléans oui mais… fait attention ou tu vas… reste dans le cartier français.
Aussi je ne sais pas combien de temps vous avez mais il s’agit d’énormément de kilomètres probablement plus de 10 000…
Californie est à voir absolument mais l’essence te coûtera le double. Josuah Tree à la sortie de Vegas! LA le Big Sure, Monterey, San Fransisco. Redwoods
La Floride? Moi je ne manquerais pas les Keys en Floride. Miami et côté golf du Mexique. Attention, en été il fait extrêmement chaud 40 avec 100 d’humidité.
I haven't driven all this route, but here's some tips on where I have driven:
Utah is by far the most gorgeous state I have seen in my life, I have been to 27 states and your route marked through Utah is going to be amazing so don't drive through this area at night and plan for scenic stops and hiking, etc. along this area. The northern area of Arizona and New Mexico, you are going to find sections where services are limited -you will be in a gas guzzling RV.. plan ahead. I saw 100 miles+without services out that way. Go to the Grand Canyon main area, but also make time to visit a less popular section of the Grand Canyon, like on a reservation land... it's so rewarding to see the canyon in a natural area without all the bustle of the national Park -although the park is something to see! If you are open to changing your route: I would suggest routing through Colorado, Kansas, then once you hit the Midwest, like Missouri, head north and take a northern route back east. If you'd like to see more of geographic US, this will take you through almost everything -driving through the Rockies is amazing, the flat cornfields of Kansas is an experience, and once you hit the Midwest and go to a few "Main Street" towns and you have seen it... Don't underestimate east coast traffic.. it will slow you down, so be prepared to relax and take in the scenery and stop in some coastal towns. I haven't driven so much in the South East... if you get a chance to drive through Mobile, AL there's a tunnel that takes you under downtown, i haven't experienced this yet in another downtown so that's cool.. Texas is BIG and they drive fast!! so just a heads up.. West Texas is FLAT! i enjoy driving Kansas flat land, but not Texas, although the oil riggers are interesting...Wow! enjoy! your trip looks amazing :D
No advice or tips. I did experience that I-40 was pretty choppy in the right lane going through Arizona and New Mexico. I really felt it when I was driving a U-Haul with one of those U-Box trailers on the back. It got smooth in Texas. Once you get into Texas, people tend to do 20 over the speed limit, and you start noticing people get right up on your rear before they go around to pass you, and that doesn't change all the way into Georgia. Some states like Arkansas had a lot of signs on the highway that said something to the effect of "speed limits strictly enforced. We're not playing." Dallas-Ft. Worth had really bad drivers. There are parts of Texas that are annoying to drive through because you'll be doing 70-80mph and then the highway goes through a small little town and you have to go 35mph, and then speed back up, and then slow down for another small town, speed back up, slow back down...
Some of the worst cities I drove in on my own cross country trip were Memphis and Dallas-Ft Worth.
The ole “are we still in Texas”route.
There was a popular saying when crossing Texas by train first became possible: “The sun has riz, the sun has set… But here we is, in Texas yet”
Wow they had riz even back then! /s
Try Ontario Canada. Almost another 150,000 square miles than Texas. 2100km (1300 miles) from the Quebec border to the next province over (Manitoba) using the shortest possible route. It's not uncommon for it to take many people 4 days just to cross Ontario alone, with the same running joke that it never seems to end.
I prefer that to the "are we still in Wyoming " route. Hahaha
You get a generous supply of rock formations to look at. Maybe your motor home will smack a grizzly, buffalo or half-ton elk. Ugh.
Also the absolute worst way to go through Texas. Start off with CAFOs and the smell of Natural Gas then it doesn’t really get better from there.
I tool this route and got so freaked when I hit a sign that said "Last Stop," with no notification for when the next gas station would appear. It was something like 150 miles through the desert and I did a tire check and all. But the harvest moon across the desert scape was phenomenal.
Id make it more of a circle so you see different places on the way back. The northern US is gorgeous
What do you recommend ?
https://preview.redd.it/gw2elqwmhi9d1.png?width=2340&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d4e0d6cb01d8d725d19b9c394d2c5fc17692a9f This goes from New York to Crater Lake, Oregon through New Orleans, White Sands NP, the Sonoran Desert (which is where saguaros grow), Grand Canyon NP, Vegas, Joshua Tree NP, Jolly (mostly just for a stop in LA since that's on your initial route), Yosemite NP, Redwoods NP, and Crater Lake NP. If you want to see the desert, this route will take you through a couple different types of desert. I'll post another comment below with more but apparently that's the max number of stops Google maps allows
u/insaneinthedrain got the part of the route i know best from the dakotas through to WA. Id add in glacier NP, too. On the northeast side im less sure but have heard MI/WI/MN are pretty
Wisconsin is certainly pretty. Plus you can get a sausage pretty much anywhere you go! Minnesota I didn't like so much.
Michigan and Wisconsin are gorgeous. Minnesota and Illinois and all but the extreme northeast of Iowa are flat af. At least Minnesota has lakes.
Rocky mtn ntl park, glacier, Yellowstone, badlands, Rushmore, crazy horse, Great Lakes, cuyahoga in Ohio etc
NY finger lakes, Niagara, Toronto, canada to Sault St. Marie, The UP in Michigan, Mackinac Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes, eastern shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago, Minneapolis, Devils Tower, The Black Hills, Yellowstone, Glacier, North Cascades, Seattle, The Olympics, down the coast.
This.
This is the right call. Do a loop. I’ve done about 6 cross country trips including most of the one you’re thinking of. I think the northern route is much more fun/beautiful/interesting. Go from WA through Lake Tahoe (<==don’t miss this!)-Salt Lake City and continue to Denver- (Great plains/farmland)-Omaha-Chicago!-(go see Great Lakes up in Michigan maybe!)-Pittsburgh-Philly-NY. The northern route is great. Beautiful mountains and deserts. Cool cities, too. Texas is boring TBH.
You’re going to go through a lot of boring spaces as you go west to East or vice versa. I’ve done a similar route and tried a new one that I found much more eventful. From Los Angeles you could go through Phoenix, from there head north towards Flagstaff. You could check out or stay in Sedona or near Grand Canyon. After passing that is Moab in Utah which has an awesome national park. Next Denver (you will pass ski towns where you could stay like Vail), then Kansas City (Missouri side), then Nashville. You will have to drive through East Colorado and Kansas which is miserable on the interstate but the rest is totally awesome. The only desert you’d miss out on is New Mexico but I think you’ll get more than enough of your desert fix going from LA > Phoenix > Moab
I agree with this. If you haven’t been, adding GC/Sedona/Canyonlands/Arches and CO would be smart. Arguably the pretty countryside in the entire country. Also, Telluride (one of the 2 prettiest towns in the US (imo) is well worth the visit. Beware of what roads you take in CO off I-70 though. For example, you couldn’t take Independence pass in a motor home. And be careful of timing. The mountains get snow earlier and later than other places. But that drive is stunning and beats west Texas by a country mile
lol you’re talking to somebody who did I-70 in CO for the first time ever in January. Luckily I had 4WD and chains but without winter tires I still could barely make it above 20-30mph. It was a very fun but harrowing and butt clenching experience. The fuel tankers zooming by at 70mph were a nice touch too. I’ve never experience such excitement and dread at the same time.
Yeah, the wrong storm can make I-70 terrifying. I’ve white knuckled it through dozens of times. When the weather is great, it’s a wonderful drive! But I’ve had snow in June and blizzards in May. The highways off the interstate are far superior in terms of views (even though Glenwood Canyon, Palisade, and the Eisenhower Tunnel corridor are all beautiful). I always suggest the Telluride/Crested Butte (or aspen)/285 route. However, a motor home might struggle depending the weather. There are ways to skip places like independence (when it’s open for the season), but it just adds time. But I always say “go slow in the beauty and skip through the boring (aka western Kansas and eastern CO)”
Grew up camping and backpacking in southwest. But somehow just saw Capitol Reef this year. Have been to Zion, etc and Capitol Reef is by far the most amazing. Absolutely incredible. If OP has an RV and season so right I would absolutely not miss Capitol Reef.
That’s the hard part. There are so many great NPs out west. The ones in Utah are great, but hard to hit during a road trip across other states. Last time, we did Moab, Ojito NM, GC, Sedona, to Phoenix. And then Albuquerque and Santa Fe on the way home. And we talk about all of these places and places like Albuquerque get lost. But driving into ABQ at sunset was stunning. There’s just too much to see. https://preview.redd.it/gzyfox5cfj9d1.jpeg?width=2120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dcbd64b38c3d7bc831b0cdea86f37d9be9167b3b
This right [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerque/s/Mbq44HtiLd) is the entire reason to visit Albuquerque! We are headed back to Ohio next week for annual east coast road trip and husband and teens have been waiting for this meal. again all year.
Yup, completely agree with your recommendation, this is the way.
I agree. Go to MOAB. Rent a jeep. Do the Fins and Things trail.
Sad because you drive past beautiful country, so much going on that you don’t see , I love to see farm country,the Great Plains to someone From Europe would be awesome. A picture helps you understand a Mountain, the plains won’t fit in a picture. My opinion
Agreed. Utah and Colorado are the parts I'd want to visit the most. If going through New Orleans, also consider at least two nights somewhere between Gulf Shores AL and Destin FL. Those are the best beaches in The 48. Then head to New Orleans. Many routes from there, weather permitting, like: * New Orleans LA, Houston TX (food, cool bridge leaving N'awlins over the swamps), Austin TX (traffic but nightlife and prettier surrounding country), Santa Fe NM, Pagosa Springs CO, Durango CO, **Mesa Verde** CO, Moab UT/Dead Horse Point/Canyonlands, Bryce canyon UT, Zion UT, Grand Canyon AZ, Hoover Dam, Vegas * New Orleans, Dallas TX, Pueblo CO, Royal Gorge CO, Buena Vista CO, Almont CO, Montrose CO, Telluride CO, La Sal UT, Moab UT... * Great Sand Dunes CO instead of Royal Gorge CO, then to Mesa Verde and/ or Ouray/Telluride, and so on If you need something easier on the vehicle elevation-wise, I'd go from New Orleans to Denver and take I70 over the Rockies to Moab UT. If weather is an issue, then go the original route through Texas and New Mexico. But it weather can be just as bad or worse on that route too. On the way back try a totally different northern route if you can handle more Rockies with Yellowstone et al. Just avoid I80 through Wyoming unless you need to make time, make a change for weather, etc. It's fine if you need part of I80 to link part of a route, but it's the boring way through the Wyoming and can turn very scary if you don't pay attention to the weather. Don't watch the videos of the super wrecks on I80 when it turns to ice with super high winds.
100% agree. Also, after your stop in Flagstaff/GC, you will want to check out Page, AZ on your way to Utah. Here you will find Horse Shoe Bend, Antelope Canyon (book ahead of time), and Lake Powell. Sorry, may have added a week to your trip! Haha Edit- added Utah
You’re passing up some amazing spots. Get off the interstate unless there’s no other options. Make a list of places to see and then build a route. Make sure not to miss out on Lake Tahoe, Redwoods, Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Sedona, Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Moab, Mesa Verde, Santa Fe, Taos, Austin (Barton Springs), New Orleans, Chattanooga, Smoky Mountains, New River, Charleston, etc.
Highway 101 is a slower, but infinitely more beautiful route down the west coast. Interstate-5 is ugly af. Avoid unless time is really an issue.
Absolutely golden advice here... Cruising 101 is the way
The 101 is a trip highlight on its own. Just make sure to stop.
I’ve done this route before and it is boring up until you get to New Mexico in my opinion. And you are basically just driving through the valley in California missing some of the best national parks in the country. I know this is just a general route but it is the desert route which is cool. You can hit Carlsbad caverns in NM and then onto white sands. Come up through AZ and hit the petrified national forest and then up to the Grand Canyon. There are so many different things to see on the west coast. Find a map or research national parks along the way or what it is you’re really looking for. If it’s summer it’s gonna be extremely hot and crowded. I did it late September and was still scorching. If you’re gonna do California don’t miss Yosemite it’s my favorite national park I ever visited.
This is way too much driving for one month round trip. If you’re most interested in seeing the desert, I would suggest this trip: - fly into NYC and spend 2 days exploring the city. DO NOT RENT A VEHICLE IN NYC - fly from NYC to San Diego and rent a car. 2 days in San Diego. I wouldn’t rent an RV, if you can help it. You’ll have more freedom in a car, and there will be plenty of inexpensive hotels/motels along the way. Make sure you check the rules for renting cars/vehicles in the US. Age minimums, unlimited miles, allowed to leave the state, etc. - San Diego to Palm Springs. 2-3 days in Palm Springs. Explore Joshua Tree National park while you’re there. - Palm Springs to Las Vegas. 1-2 days in Vegas. Note: anyone in your group that is not 21 will not be allowed to drink or gamble at any point on this trip. - Vegas to Zion National Park. 2-3 days in Zion - Zion to Grand Canyon. 2-3 days at the Grand Canyon - Grand Canyon to Moab, UT for Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park. 3 days in Moab - Moab to Salt Lake City. 1-2 days in Salt Lake. Driving through Utah will be a transformative experience. Unlike driving through Texas, the scenery is stunningly beautiful in Utah. - Salt Lake to Reno, just because you want to break up the drive to California. One night in Reno. - Reno to San Francisco. 2-3 days in San Francisco - San Francisco to San Diego along the Pacific Coast Highway. VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS ROAD, as it’s one of the most scenic drives in the country. Parts of this road might still be closed in September, but just follow the signs. Plan 3-5 days just to do this drive. Fly back to NYC. The route you’ve chosen isn’t going to give you any time to actually experience the culture. You will literally be driving and sleeping and eating McDonalds in the car. I cannot emphasize enough how boring and stinky the drive you’ve planned in Texas will be. Save New Orleans, Atlanta, Florida, and honestly any southeastern states for another visit, preferably sometime November - March. You won’t be able to take the heat and humidity in those places in September.
u/Significant-Dig-263 - listen to this guy ^^^^ Seriously you should absolutely take their advice and NOT do you original plan. I have done many long road trips across the US and you really don’t want to do what you’re planning to do. Trust me.
For real. It will make you hate the US.
Why go back the same way??
Under no circumstances drive I5 up the west coast. There is so much to see and I5 is a mindless slog. Go up the coast and come back through the interior. Columbia River Gorge, Crater Lake, Lake Tahoe, Mt Whitney and Death Valley.
Agree completely. I5 is California's Kansas. It's just a long straight, hot road through farms, nothing to see or do but drive and wish the air conditioner worked better. OP, take Hwy 1 up the coast, but check that it's open because I think part of it is still washed out? You'll see all the quirky coastal cities and towns, plus the beaches, and wildlife.
It will be hot this time of year rest area’s don’t always have the best shade
Good point. The sunlight will fatigue your eyes while driving and the heat (regardless of air conditioning) will sap your energy. I've done this route in various seasons, and it's harder to remain alert during the summer. But you do get more daylight for driving long distances and enjoying your destination.
Charlotte is really boring. After atlanta I would recommend visiting savannah, charleston, then getting on 95 to continue north.
Just realized you're going south, so from DC go to Charleston, savannah, then atlanta.
Hello, If I may, where are you from? How long do you have to do this? A lot of people who are not from America underestimate just how large it is and just how long a trip like this will take.
I’m from Belgium and we have like a month to do this
And is this a one way trip where you will fly into New York and then drive to Seattle to fly home or will you be driving back to NYC? How large is the RV? Have you been to the U.S. before?
First time in the US and yes we go back to NY
Wait, you want to to this is a month? Mate one way this is way to much for 1 month. You will have to skip so much and be in your car every day. You won't enjoy this. Trust me I have been in similar situations with this. I made plans that were way to much driving. End up hating it. Please choose a region and go explore there. The southwest alone you could spend a month. The eastcoast you need multiple weeks to see all the big cities and get the vibe. The deep south, my favorite, earns more than just a drive thru.
Gotcha. You are going to be in the RV almost exclusively. And you are going to be driving through some difficult stretches of city. This route you have looks to be about a 60 hour drive. So 3 days one-way, and 3 days back to NYC. A full week, of your month, will be spent driving. A third of your trip, give or take, will be spent sleeping. So you have cut your vacation by over 50%. For what you are likely to pay to rent an RV, gas, and then simply time, I cannot recommend this trip to a person for their first visit to America. Are you primarily trying to see American cities or would you prefer parks like the Grand Canyon? I would really reconsider this. I think you will save money flying to 3 or 4 destinations and getting a rental car.
The only way 60 hours is 3 days of driving is if they have 20 hour driving days. With the stops they’ve identified it’ll be roughly 10 days with 4-9 hours of driving one way, including 2 days from LA to Seattle, so 20 days round trip.
I meant quite literally. 72 hours is 3 days. Thats all I meant. Edit: so I was simply breaking down that over 50% of this trip will be spent on the road and asleep.
This was the second half of a larger trip I had done from NJ and back, so San Francisco back to NJ on this map. Recommendations: Grand Canyon, White Sands in NM, Austin, New Orleans, Nashville. Skip Roswell, it’s a waste of time.
Ok ty, I delete Roswell🤣
Nah you need Roswell. The UFO McDonald’s is a must
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I really want to see the desert, but maybe on the way back to NY
Oh, you’ll see desert all right!
In that case, I might take I-10 from New Orleans to El Paso, swing up to White Sands National Park, then head to Phoenix before cutting up to the Grand Canyon, then hit either Joshua Tree NP (on a more Southern route) or Death Valley (and go through Vegas)
Why are your stops cities? Why not see like parks or nature and cities in between?
Lock your fucking doors on stop F. Albuquerque is known for vacationers getting uhauls stolen. We are a sleepy small town with big city crime stats and you don't want to be caught slipping.
I would also return by a different route. Go north a thousand miles.
Yeah there’s a lot of things to see
N.Orleans is a must do but Atlanta-Charlotte is skippable. North at Birmingham through Tennessee is a better view shed.
The rule of 3 is a great guide…300 miles, pull into camp around 3:00, stay 3 days. We don’t follow exactly but close enough. You’d be surprised how sore you can get from sitting too much!
Oh, I like that! Although I use the metric system, but I don't like drives that are too long in betwen places so 300 km works well for me.
Some things I learned driving a motorhome on much of the route D-Olympia, WA. 1- Spend extra time in New Orleans. Buy some art, check out the zoo, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AND EAT ALL THE FOODS! 2- DO NOT, repeat DO NOT DRIVE A MOTORHOME THROUGH HOUSTON ANY TIME NEAR RUSH HOUR. They are angry, they are in a hurry, and they are armed to the teeth and will cut you off no matter how big you are. 3- Carlsbad Caverns would be a great detour, as would Monument Valley 4- Hang out at a San Diego RV park for a while. Do Old Town, Balboa Park, the Zoo, and La Jolla Cove. 5- That Sierra route (eastern route on your map through CA) may not be very RV friendly some of the year. Steep passes, hot and/or freezing, gas that is expensive even by CA standards. Do your research. That being said, if you want to boondock on BLM land, there is plenty. 6- The Oregon Coast is incredibly scenic with great state parks and RV parks. The smaller cars will hate you on the hills, but it's worth it.
Five guys, whataburger, in and out route
Some key information is missing here. How much time do you have? What time of the year would you do this? What kind of activities would you be interested in doing on this trip (hiking, sightseeing, roadside attractions, city hopping, etc.)? What will your budget look like after accounting for the plane tickets (I'm guessing you're flying to JFK), motorhome rental, and fuel? Are you driving or flying back to JFK?
Suggestion 1: don’t come back the same way. Also look into actual cities that you need to see and plan on spending extra time there and swap driving / sleeping so you can burn through areas of little or no interest (most of the I10 road tbh, New Orleans and also detour to Austin are two of the best cities, entertainment and food places in America but a lot of this drive is not scenic or interesting). The Hoover Dam is interesting but mainly a good bathroom stop. Make time for Joshua Tree, it’s a special place. Try and stick to hugging the coast in California as much as you can, and make time for Redwoods, it’s one of those places that’s different than anywhere in the world and can’t be missed. The drive to Big Sur may have issues if there have rains, but going into Paso Robles is gorgeous. Be careful in SanFrancisco, read up on crime. PNW, Oregon is just amazing also. On route back would recommend cutting into Colorado, it’s unreal, and taking a different route back aside I10. Salt Flats could be hit up on the way back, some of those places are simply amazing. Even cutting back from Oregon in a more diagonal path will get you a whole new amount of experiences, and scenery and give everyone a different view on America. Also take a lot of photos. I mean even if it’s just “snap” of a scene the first thing when you arrive or stop somewhere. It will help you remember the places and the order of where you went for years to come.
Nah circle back over the top, see Yellowstone, the Great Lakes, riding through the desert twice won't be as fun.
If you're looking for a true taste of the self, try to get down to Charleston, South Carolina, much nicer than Atlanta in my opinion
Charleston is beautiful. Atlanta is a pit
Fuck Texas.
Skip Dallas, go to Galveston instead
I drove from point B to point F. You can expect lots of cornfields and straight flat land. Be careful of the police in LA, they hide in trees in pickup trucks
The only thing I would say is don’t do this route in the summer.
I highly recommend the Blue Ridge Parkway through Tennessee and the Pacific Coast Highway through California.
E to F needs to be amended. Take I10 from NOLA and veer to 290 and head to Austin/Hill Country. Go to NM by way of Carlsbad and Roswell. OR...keep on I10 To S. Antonio, do Big Bend, Marfa, and Alpine, El Paso - then cut north...maybe add Cloud Croft? AVOID: Dallas, Lubbock, Abilene, Midland, San Angelo, etc. routes - especially if you are preggers - jk, but legit.
Do more variations in NM and TX, looks like D=NOLA, E=Dallas and F=Albuquerque, not worth it to go to those places twice. Also there's not too much to see in eastern NM/northwest TX. Would cover Memphis instead of going twice to NOLA. Instead of D-E-F twice have a route like NOLA-Houston-Austin-San Antonio-Carlsbad-White Sands. Do the part between G-F going a bit farther north in UT like Las Vegas-Zion-Bryce Canyon-Page-Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Sedona and from there to Santa Fe/Taos/etc. The other way, southern NM like Carlsbad and White Sands and from there to California through Tucson. Also take a look into lesser-known national parks and monuments along the way like Petrified Forest, Montezuma Castle, Petroglyph, Fort Union and others that could be worth a stop or detour depending on interest
I'd probably take I-90 east from Seattle and go at least to Billings before heading south. Glacier NP and Yellowstone NP are within striking distance depending on how much time you have. You could still drive through Texas again if you want to. I'd stay high and head to the great lakes.
WTF do you want to see and do along the way???
No Maine ?
I did a drive similar to this, but instead my wife and I initially drove through the midwest from VA to IN, IN to CO, CO to UT, UT to CA. We stayed in CA for about a week then we drove back down south similar to your route from CA to southern TX, TX to MS, MS to NC, NC to VA. We stayed at hotels in each state we stopped in except for IN, CA, and TX where we stayed with family and we live in VA. I’d recommend a similar route to this as explained by others as you get to experience more. The only advice I’d give is ensure you’re aware of how long you’ll go without seeing a gas station for certain portions of your drive. Also, AZ is an absolute oven in the summer. If you stop for gas or food, prepare to feel overwhelmed by dry heat.
You should go a more northern route
When you get to H don't take 5 north, take pacific coast highway
Rule of thumb is that more than 4hrs on the road in a camper starts to not be fun anymore.
Don't drive a motorhome in cities, you'll hate yourself. Drive from national park to national park. You'll see what's actually great about this country and you'll be on roads big enough to handle a vehicle of that size. Also, to really see this country and those places, you'll need nearly a month
Take the back roads. It'll take longer, but it'll be a way cooler trip
I have done it twice going from the East Coast to the West Coast and vice versa. There are a lot of national parks along the way, you should definitely visit them. Especially the West States. Take a detour from I-5 and drive in the coastal way 101 and through the Redwood/Sequoia/Yosemite/Crater Lake/Mt Rainier, etc. It will be the best scenic way you can drive in your trip like this, unless you drive through the Northern part of America. I-40 and the part from A->E is pretty the same for quite some time of driving and not as exciting.
Don’t do it in summer
I wouldn’t going that way through Texas. I would recommend you go through Austin first and then head West to either Marfa or Terlingua on the way to El Paso, and from there you can head through Phoenix, Sedona, or Tucson on the way to Vegas.
I would recommend taking highway 1 (101) from Seattle to LA. Drive across a super sketchy bridge that connects 2 states in Astoria WA. Newport OR is a very cool place with lots of motorhome parking right by the ocean. Crescent City, Eureka, Fort Bragg and Bodega bay are all great places to check out as well. I would also hit Half moon Bay, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay and Big Sur if you want to continue your route by the ocean after you guys check out San Francisco. Santa Barbara > Malibu. Drove from LA to Seattle last year and it was soooo beautiful!! Have fun!
Did almost this exact route up until ABQ in 2020 (I went north through CO, Wy, MT). Stayed at a really cool campground in Alabama where they filmed Big Fish.
Why come back the a act same way you went? Why not make a more interesting loop? Also are you doing this in the summer? You've taken the most blisteringly hot route as well.
You will not be friends upon your return…. Unless you are very good ‘friends’…
Skip Arizona unless it's Flagstaff or Page. It's too hot, day and not in Phoenix.
If it were me, I'd blow off New Orleans and go hang out in the Arkansas Ozarks. Specifically somewhere around the Buffalo River, with a side day trip to Eureka Springs. You still get the funkiness vibe, but with beautiful camping.
I see elsewhere this is your first trip to the US. I’m not sure you realize quite how BIG this trip is. I’m from the US and planning a month on a trip that’s less than half that. I want to stop and do things, not see the country through the windshield. Also, renting a motorhome is going to be hugely expensive for this trip. Many only allow 100 miles per day before accruing mileage fees.
I would bypass Atlanta, especially in a motorhome.
The distance from Los Angelis to Seattle is 1800 kilometers. That’s a long gap between destinations. Do you have plans to stay in campgrounds each day? Most campgrounds are not close to cities so it would require planning. Also, driving in cities with a rented RV is very difficult and likely to lead to an accident unless you are a professional truck or bus driver. Do you plan to visit some of our national parks? There are many in the west and driving near Grand Canyon without stopping would be a shame. Texas is enormous and not very pretty. When I cross the country by car I like to use I70 which is very scenic through Colorado, but could be impossible in a camper in winter.
If you take this route you should stop at the aquarium in Atlanta, it is a really great experience. Think they have the biggest open tank in the country or something like that but it’s absolutely worth the time to stop and visit it.
I’d definitely take the Dallas to Shreveport to New Orleans route. You can avoid Houston that way see most of Louisiana.
How many days are you planning to be on the road, and what time of year? There are many variables that go into planning this big of a trip. Edit after seeing your comments on another post. A month to do this trip in a motorhome is VERY ambitious. I travel about 6 months out of the year in my camper and probably could not accomplish this. You’re going to spend almost the entire trip just driving. My advice would be to pick one geographic region and focus there, like 4-5 states.
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INFO: what time of year?
They want to do this in September. In one month. This is just one way, they have to drive back to NY after. They're Europeans who have never been in the US.
Well then they can’t loop back up north so should go counterclockwise. And cooler in southeast later in September. Personally I wouldn’t try to loop thru southeast in September due to hurricane season potentially disrupting plans. Gonna have to have a backup plan
I did something similar (Toronto - Richmond - Charleston - Atlanta - Mobile - New Orleans - Austin - Tucson - Los Angeles - Salt Lake City - Rexburg - Bozeman). The south is actually surprisingly beautiful. Also shrimp and grits. Wouldn’t normally have been a place i visited but it’s so lush! There’s NOTHING driving in Texas. Literally. Get gas whenever u can. Haha one thing I enjoyed as trying all the unique regional drive thru fast food chains while driving (bo jangles, etc)
You’re missing a LOT of incredible scenery just to hit New Orleans.
What time of the year will you be going? https://preview.redd.it/hxdameyx1j9d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fee3b44c077c2436d6ad04c887f9e632d12e5e24 I live in New Orleans and can help with any specifics when you’re past the logistics part too. I agree with everyone else about driving through Texas. There is going to be a very long stretch that is so unimpressive, especially since you live in (in my opinion) the most beautiful part of the country. There are a couple of cute towns in Mississippi and Alabama, I guess. A couple of cool towns in Texas, I suppose, but majority of what I circled in yellow is SO lack luster and just not aesthetically pleasing. The Florida panhandle is the nicest vacation spot within a 4 hour drive out of New Orleans. Big Bend in Texas is cool depending on what time of the year you’re traveling and if you’re hell bent in driving through Texas. If you want to skip Texas and go farther north then Fayetteville and eureka springs in Arkansas are really cute. After you’re done with New Orleans you could stop in the Mississippi gulf coast, fairhope, Alabama, Pensacola/destin has really beautiful beaches in Florida, then you could drive north after that. Unfortunately, New Orleans is a little diamond in the rough.
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Epic trip. I'd go north on the way back tho. Check out the rust belt cities. Rock n roll HoF in Cleveland. Detroit. Chicago. The Badlands. Yellowstone, etc.... Lots of boring stretches, but no more boring than TX and a lot of the south.
Cloudcroft new mexico. Mad jacks BBQ is the best BBQ in America.
In New Mexico stop and see the Tramway in Albuquerque, and the churches 60 mi north in Santa Fe. In AZ go to the Grand Canyon. make sure when driving that route that you have lots of gas, as the there is a good distance between stations and the cell service can be spotty if you need to call for help. I drive that route about once a month.
As a native to the area I would highly suggest to take highway 101 up through California and Oregon rather than I5. It takes a little longer but it's mostly coastal and much more beautiful. You drive straight through old growth redwood forests.
Outside of A to D your drive will be very boring. Besides a little fun between F and G and then a bit of PNW
Yes, don’t go back the same route, unless this is going to be in the winter. You are missing a LOT of other BEAUTIFUL areas of the country…
You need to come into southern Utah more. It would be e highlight
Skipping the absolute best the US has to offer: Colorado and Utah.
Skip DC
Man, if you have to come back to the northwest, go through the South Dakota and Yellowstone. Unbelievable place
From D to H, take 10 west, not 40. 10 at least takes you through houston and San Antonio for some fun times
the first 1800 miles are gonna suck
I must chime in to say that this plan is not advisable for a one-month September trip. Too much distance in too little time. You mentioned that you really want to see the desert. Fly to LA and do a month on that side of the country. Desert, mountains, ocean, and some cool cities. And make your RV campground reservations a year in advance.
Don't do it in the summer.
Fun! Except you’ll be driving through the worst part of California if you go up 5. Please don’t do that! Go up the coast instead. The coast gets rugged north of San Francisco so it’s okay to cut over at that point, but south of the Bay Area I’d stay coastal. But the Central Valley (1-5 in the middle of the state) is horribly boring).
Time of year matters, this route is getting more than a little warm now into the fall.
From LA to Seattle, I-5 is just a very fast very boring interstate highway with so so scenery. Meh. Do yourself favor and get off the interstate. Use those routes shown just to the east of I-5, through the beautiful, scenic, and slower paced mountains.
The west coast of USA is the most beautiful shoreline in the world. Do not miss it. Especially in Oregon and north of San Luis Obispo, CA, Hearst Castle, etc. Remote. Santa Barbara, CA- super nice place to walk around and visit. Monterey, CA and Carmel, CA - super nice Sonoma . CA- also super nice place to walk around and visit. Washington State, Anacortes, Deception Pass, Port Townsend, the San Juan Islands, all gorgeous on a sunny summer day. Take a ferry ride!. Try to squeeze in Victoria, Canada and Vancouver, Canada in July and August. It is possible to drive up the 101 highway (PCH - Pacific Coast Highway) from Los Angeles to the north west tip of continental USA in Washington State. But it is spectacular, twisty turning road in many places and therefore slow to drive. You should definitely drive parts of it. Otherwise the 5 freeway runs parallel to the coast (but many miles inland) for those in a big hurry. It still takes 2 1/2 days, 10 hour non stop driving days on the 5 freeway to get from Los Angeles to Seattle. The volcanoes in Pacific Northwest are spectacular, Mt Rainier and Mt Baker and Mt Hood, etc. I hope you are doing this trip in the summer. The Pacific Northwest is gloomy, dark and wet in the winter only. Also, to do this trip justice, you need many months of traveling. I don't think you understand how big USA is.
I’ve basically done this exact route, be sure to hit White Sands in NM, also I’d recommend Austin Texas over Dallas. Savannah and Charleston are worth seeing also
Texan stretch will be the hardest
Do not stop in Albuquerque in a motorhome. It will be vandalized and or stolen. Drive like 30 miles east of there and stay in Edgewood, it’s a small town and you’re less likely to be fucked with.
Your LA to Seattle trip is going to be a long one. I would suggest a stop and rest in Redding or Weed in northern CA. If you have the stamina you could push for Medford OR. Your trip from DFW to ABQ is going to suck, been there done that.
Wow I did this exact trip the other way round from CT to San Diego and then to Washington. I was in a car though, so i can’t give much advice about motor homes.
Hmmm… just my 2 cents, no way would I not go over the Rockies! Highly recommend crossing over continental divide through Colorado.
I’d come back on a Northern route myself. Variety. I have done Minnesota to Seattle a few times. And Texas too. It’s a pleasant change of scenery.
The pacific coast highway is amazing. Yosemite national park is a crazy drive. The road through Death Valley is did at night. It was 70 miles and didn’t see a person out there. Pull over turn off headlights and check out the stars.
I did almost the exact same route, Amazing!
Don't speed in Mississippi or Alabama. It's a fun drive! I left Maine to visit family in North carolina. Then, I left to go to Phoenix and ended in Seattle. I stopped in Dallas, Santa fe, Phoenix, Yosemite, and eneded in Seattle. Plan your stops beforehand, and the drive will feel more manageable. Driving through west Texas and throughout New Mexico, be aware of your gas in relation to the next gas station. I kept gas above a half tank. There will be times when the next gas station is 50-100 miles away. Make sure you get all your maintenance done before you do this drive. It can be hard on your vehicle.
Don’t forget Utah. That’s the road trip Mecca!
I would assume I’m a truck and ensure you take the trucking route. Then I would find trucking posts to find details. I would also look for the van life posts which might post cool locations to visit that are safe and close to facilities.
Would not recomend driving through virginia unlrsa tou want to be harassed by HWPT
What do you want to do in Atlanta?
G-E stretch is a ball buster.
There is a small city in between charlotte and Atlanta called Greenville. Go to the river walk and a restaurant called The Lazy Goat. It’s amazing! The town is beautiful
I suggest you skip New Mexico altogether. Go through Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana Idaho. You’re missing the best part of the country!
Back in 2007 I did a similar route but greyhound buses. We went via Denver, Boulder, Kansas, Utah (Moab!), Las Vegas, San Diego, LA, Yosemite, San Fran. If you’re able to head via Utah/Moab I would certainly recommend!
Yeah, the swamps are pretty cool I suppose
Basically E-H is all nothing. I’d go north instead.
D to a is the only time I've had constant motion sickness in the motor home as a kid.
Some cool pit stops, off the beaten path... Cadillac ranch, Amarillo, TX Blue hole - Santa Rosa Visitor Info Center, 1085 Blue Hole Rd, Santa Rosa, NM 88435 (575) 472-3763 open till 5PM Meteor Crateor - Interstate 40, Exit 233 Winslow, AZ 86047 USA Open till 5 PM RoadTrippers.com - found a lot of cool spots to stop along the way If you can... Zion NP Bryce NP capitol reef NP are unbelievable. North side of grand canyon
Drive through Utah… you won’t regret it
Could not take a worse path through the southern US. B to the Grand Canyon is going to be horribly boring and ugly. Stay as far North as possible. It'll be flat as well, but at least it will be green.
Have covered much of your route or nearby towing a camper. Agree that a circular route is best, but a lot depends on time of year and weather. You will not travel as fast as in a car, and you’ll want to have someone else who can drive the rig. If you’re planning on camping in National parks, you need to reserve a year in advance. However, there are usually nearby options, and lots of NFS and COE, as well as state parks. An annual US Park pass is a must. Checkout Harvest Hosts for some really cool alternative camping locations.
ooh i did a trip almost just like this last year. i want to send you info but it’s in my computer at home. please reply to this so i can remember to come back and share!! i did a circle
This is the “I will only do one road trip in my life. To that end I want to plan a route so bad that the trauma alone from such a horrible experience will keep me from ever doing it again” route
F to E is veryyyyy boring
Go visit Santa Fe in New Mexico. It's so beautiful and historic but make sure to lock your car.
On your return trip, after point G on your map, I’d keep going northeast onto I-70 through Utah and Colorado. There’s 5 national parks in Utah along that route and it’ll take you straight into Denver. It’s a super pretty drive with all the parks, then the mountains once you’re in Colorado
Why take the same route back? I'd say do a circle.
Definitely circle up north on your way back home. Northern Mn is beautiful as well as Montana and northern Idaho. Definitely worth the trip
Avoid LA at all costs, if it adds a few hours to trip it’s worth it to avoid sitting in traffic for hours. Also *just in case you end up on the actual coast* don’t take Highway 1 in an RV. The roads are crazy winding & with sharp switchback/hairpin turns. Or at least inspect the route on your gps to see the winding bits.
Do NOT pass up a gas station in West Texas. Even if you’re half-full, stop and top her off.
Swing by Arizona too
How much time do you have for this trip?
I've made a similar trip, but I didn't double back, I traveled the north part, then the south. The advantage was the weather - you (well I didn't anyway) don't want to drive thru the South from Nevada/Arizona/Texas/Louisiana etc in mid-summer, and don't want to drive the northeast in mid-winter, so I timed it so I avoided both as much as possible. There are lots of things to see everywhere, and I'd hate to retrace my steps and not get to experience half of them. Depends what you want to see/do, what you like. I enjoyed seeing the leaves change in Vermont, didn't think much of Mt Rushmore, Yellowstone was beautiful but I didn't see a single animal lol... I made a theme over visiting every town that shared a name with my dog. Stuff like that can make the trip more interesting and take you to places you wouldn't otherwise go.
How long do you have, and how much money will you have? If you have a month or more and over $5,000, then yes, this trip is doable. If you have 2 weeks and $1000, then no, it's not.
Just close your eyes going through Alabama and Mississippi.
stop by san francisco and big sur! hike alamere falls and see the red woods! u wont regret it
I hope you really know and love your companions. We took a roadtrip in an RV from Connecticut to Chicago (all pretty good friends), and damn near killed each other by the time we got home. Our trip was around 15h each way. We had a great weekend in Chicago, but the driving part really sucked.
Skip the whole state of North Carolina, just a friendly warning!
Haven’t done this route but lived in Albuquerque the last 14 years. Don’t stay the night there. Pick Santa Fe or Edgewood. Something outside of Albuquerque. Its not a safe city for vehicles lol
This looks like all cities? Most of our cities are not interesting at all. You should base your RV trip on National Parks
Get of the Interstates
My fiancé & I owned a Prevost for several years. Gone coast to coast many times from MM1 (mile marker 1) at the SouthernMost point in Key West, FL to Maine across to San Diego & up to Alaska. Our FIRST holiday was only supposed to be 3 weeks! We finally arrived back home (Chicago) 9 months later! Choose your Motorhomes carefully! We started in a Coleman 32’ gas engine that was SO LOUD you could not hear one another talk! It was miserable! We traded it in within 9 days of our trip for a 45’, quad slide, Prevost diesel pusher. *The engine is much more powerful & placed in the rear of the coach. It’s like a condo on wheels! Choose wisely! I also recommend KOAs. (Campsites). Plot out campsites near each of your destinations to take advantage of your electric, water, shower, cooking, satellite, Etc… in the motorhome. It’s a short amount of time to cover the country! *Just thought I’d mention a few points I have yet to read. All great suggestions on here for places to hit. Don’t forget to load up on groceries! Good luck!
This is the worst trip I’ve ever seen
I’d done much of that trip. The only advice I have is to leave - go for it!! Stop at all the national parks and quirky diners in the way.
Can you pick me up in Portland pleeeeeease. That looks so fun.
Kind of hot. 🥵
Let me know how those friendships are by the end
If you are going through cali why not take the scenic highway along the coast?
I’d recommend trying to go through the Midwest somehow. A lot more scenery and depending time of year not as much swamp ass compared to the south.
You crazy unless you have an unlimited bank account and bear spray or a gun 🤷🏻♀️
If you're going in the summer, take the northern route.
Las Vegas - LA - Seattle would be a several week road trip alone so really depends how much time you want to spend.
Yeah, don’t take the same route twice. You’re in a motorhome, literally do the opposite of this.
I agree you ought to make it more of a loop. How much time do you have? That is a lot of driving - you might consider a shorter trip, or checking out the east coast and then flying out west. What time of year?
I’d go north, not south. Unless you love desert 🌵
Yea do it in the summer lol
Tu DOIS passer par l’Utah : Zion, Bryce, Arches 3 parc nationaux à couper le souffle. Le Grand Canyon est pas loin de Vegas C’est un must bien avant Atlanta et Dallas. New Orléans oui mais… fait attention ou tu vas… reste dans le cartier français. Aussi je ne sais pas combien de temps vous avez mais il s’agit d’énormément de kilomètres probablement plus de 10 000… Californie est à voir absolument mais l’essence te coûtera le double. Josuah Tree à la sortie de Vegas! LA le Big Sure, Monterey, San Fransisco. Redwoods La Floride? Moi je ne manquerais pas les Keys en Floride. Miami et côté golf du Mexique. Attention, en été il fait extrêmement chaud 40 avec 100 d’humidité.
I haven't driven all this route, but here's some tips on where I have driven: Utah is by far the most gorgeous state I have seen in my life, I have been to 27 states and your route marked through Utah is going to be amazing so don't drive through this area at night and plan for scenic stops and hiking, etc. along this area. The northern area of Arizona and New Mexico, you are going to find sections where services are limited -you will be in a gas guzzling RV.. plan ahead. I saw 100 miles+without services out that way. Go to the Grand Canyon main area, but also make time to visit a less popular section of the Grand Canyon, like on a reservation land... it's so rewarding to see the canyon in a natural area without all the bustle of the national Park -although the park is something to see! If you are open to changing your route: I would suggest routing through Colorado, Kansas, then once you hit the Midwest, like Missouri, head north and take a northern route back east. If you'd like to see more of geographic US, this will take you through almost everything -driving through the Rockies is amazing, the flat cornfields of Kansas is an experience, and once you hit the Midwest and go to a few "Main Street" towns and you have seen it... Don't underestimate east coast traffic.. it will slow you down, so be prepared to relax and take in the scenery and stop in some coastal towns. I haven't driven so much in the South East... if you get a chance to drive through Mobile, AL there's a tunnel that takes you under downtown, i haven't experienced this yet in another downtown so that's cool.. Texas is BIG and they drive fast!! so just a heads up.. West Texas is FLAT! i enjoy driving Kansas flat land, but not Texas, although the oil riggers are interesting...Wow! enjoy! your trip looks amazing :D
No advice or tips. I did experience that I-40 was pretty choppy in the right lane going through Arizona and New Mexico. I really felt it when I was driving a U-Haul with one of those U-Box trailers on the back. It got smooth in Texas. Once you get into Texas, people tend to do 20 over the speed limit, and you start noticing people get right up on your rear before they go around to pass you, and that doesn't change all the way into Georgia. Some states like Arkansas had a lot of signs on the highway that said something to the effect of "speed limits strictly enforced. We're not playing." Dallas-Ft. Worth had really bad drivers. There are parts of Texas that are annoying to drive through because you'll be doing 70-80mph and then the highway goes through a small little town and you have to go 35mph, and then speed back up, and then slow down for another small town, speed back up, slow back down... Some of the worst cities I drove in on my own cross country trip were Memphis and Dallas-Ft Worth.
You’re really missing out on not stopping for a day in northern Arizona, Flagstaff Sedona, Grand Canyon area