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US 160, end-to-end?
US71:
--- Quote from: hbelkins on July 20, 2020, 01:21:40 PM ---So, if the opportunity presents itself, I'm considering doing a trip end-to-end on US 160, then doubling back to US 163 and trying to hit Monument Valley, the Moki Dugway, etc. Return trip would probably be getting up to I-70 and just coming east from whatever point I get on the interstate, but that's subject to change. (My brother has mentioned going to Utah sometime, and I'm trying to convince him to make this trip; he had mentioned flying out west and renting a car to go to Monument Valley and the Dugway, but there's no way I'd get on a plane right now because of the virus.)
So, I'm trying to figure out realistically how long it would take to drive the length of US 160, and where logical overnight stopping points would be.
If we left early enough the first day, we could realistically make it to Springfield the first night. But if we didn't depart (he lives about 2.5 hours away in the Golden Triangle area) until later in the day, the first night's stop would likely be either in Paducah, Sikeston, or Poplar Bluff, which would put us getting beyond Springfield on the first full day of travel. And the trip would be complicated by an impending closure of the US 51 bridge between Wickliffe and Cairo; probably the best bypass would be I-64 to I-57 instead of trying to cross at Paducah and then trying to get over to Cairo, especially since the Dorena-Hickman Ferry has been beset by closures this summer.
I'm not sure exactly where in Kansas would be targets to shoot for when considering overnight stops. I'm guessing plenty of opportunities are available in Trinidad and Walsenberg, which are the beginning and ending points of the I-25 concurrency, but I'm also guessing making it from Springfield to I-25 in one day would be a stretch. (By contrast, on a trip back in the early 1990s, we overnighted along I-70 in Hays, Kan., and the next day made it to a point south of I-70 (Montrose?) on US 50 to prepare for a drive down US 550 to the Four Corners, and then-US 666 to Gallup.)
Thoughts/ideas/suggestions?
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Springfield and West Plains are your best bets in Missouri for accommodation, but I don't know enough about Kansas beyond Pittsburg and Independence.
kphoger:
--- Quote from: US71 on July 20, 2020, 04:37:22 PM ---I don't know enough about Kansas beyond Pittsburg and Independence.
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Nothing, really, between Independence and Winfield.
oscar:
--- Quote from: hbelkins on July 20, 2020, 04:24:33 PM ---What's closed at Four Corners? The entire monument, or just the souvenir stands?
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Everything. Barricades block the access road (NM 597) at US 160.
hbelkins:
--- Quote from: US71 on July 20, 2020, 04:37:22 PM ---Springfield and West Plains are your best bets in Missouri for accommodation, but I don't know enough about Kansas beyond Pittsburg and Independence.
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I'd want to stay at the Rail Haven in Springfield, just for the historical aspect of it.
I ended up staying there back in 2013 when I had to detour via Springfield on my way home from the Wichita meet because I'd had car trouble and had left my vehicle in Springfield on Friday to be fixed on Monday.
A morning departure from Kentucky would allow us to make Springfield on the first night; but if we ended up staying somewhere east of Poplar Bluff the first night, we'd obviously make it farther than Springfield the next day.
kphoger:
--- Quote from: hbelkins on July 21, 2020, 06:00:36 PM ---
--- Quote from: US71 on July 20, 2020, 04:37:22 PM ---Springfield and West Plains are your best bets in Missouri for accommodation, but I don't know enough about Kansas beyond Pittsburg and Independence.
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I'd want to stay at the Rail Haven in Springfield, just for the historical aspect of it.
I ended up staying there back in 2013 when I had to detour via Springfield on my way home from the Wichita meet because I'd had car trouble and had left my vehicle in Springfield on Friday to be fixed on Monday.
A morning departure from Kentucky would allow us to make Springfield on the first night; but if we ended up staying somewhere east of Poplar Bluff the first night, we'd obviously make it farther than Springfield the next day.
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Speaking of Poplar Bluff, the Motel 6 just northwest of town is fairly new construction and currently has an average of 4.1 stars on Google. My best friends stayed there a few years ago on their way to South Carolina and had no complaints.
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