Need help, headed to Grand Canyon

idog

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the North rim closes October 15 and it's a looong drive around to the South rim. you can probably drive into the park entrance on the North side but you won't see the canyon in any way from there or along the way and the aspen's will have dropped their leaves by now. so, i wouldn't go unless you're hitting the South rim.
 

hatfieldms

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I 20 through NM is the single most boring drive imaginable. Plan a route that takes you through Albequerque.

Would you rather see Roswell, NM, or the Cadillac Ranch outside Amarillo (not to be confused with the Chicken Ranch).
I-70 through Kansas would like to have a word with you
 
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msstatelp1

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I 20 through NM is the single most boring drive imaginable. Plan a route that takes you through Albequerque.

Would you rather see Roswell, NM, or the Cadillac Ranch outside Amarillo (not to be confused with the Chicken Ranch).
Should he take a left at Albuquerque?

and yes I confused the Cadillac Ranch with the Chicken Ranch. Was wondering why he would take his wife there.

just in case

 

DesertDawg

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Currently I-40 is a parking lot from east of Santa Rosa to west of Clines Corner. Middle of New Mexico north is getting anywhere from 3” to over 2ft of snow depending on elevation so check weather before heading west. I would hit 40 to Amarillo for Cadillac Ranch, down to Roswell for the cartoonish aliens. We have experienced historic flooding in the past month but most everything is back to normal. West to Ruidoso(ski town) stopping in Lincoln (Billy The Kid and Lincoln County War) if you have an extra :30 to kill. From Ruidoso head west to White Sands National park in the middle of White Sands Missile Range. Leaving heading west to Las Cruces. Jump back on I-10 heading west. There is nothing to really look at other than distant landscape and long trains between Las Cruces and Tucson.
 

MarkDallas

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The absolute coolest thing you can see in the vicinity of the Grand Canyon is just west of Tuba City, AZ. Fossilized dinosaur tracks in the ground. Just a driveway on the side of the highway. Looks like nothing. No buildings. No museum. But mind blowing.
 
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