balfre1946
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After Fort Worth we want to head west to California with no time table or agenda BUT want to avoid cold, ice and snow AND are in a 36ft Class A with Porsche toad so seldom drive more than 2 hours any one day between RV Parks. Any suggestions?
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BuckBarker
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Summer!
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1995brave
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I-10? You will still get cold. We have already had a couple freezes this year. Looks to be a cold, wet winter.
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Bucky44
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I-10 best bet in winter.
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MAC-a-roni
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You'll have to monitor the weather along the way as there are some places along 10 in New Mexico and Arizona where the elevation is high enough for snow. I live in CA and travelled to Ft. Worth last Christmas. On the return trip, we ran into a snow squall between the NM border and Benson, AZ. The snow was not sticking to the highway though. Even so, crazy drivers were passing us at clear weather speeds.
Like the other poster said, wait until Spring or Summer.
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balfre1946
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Thanks everyone, unfortunately we can't wait until spring..we have nowhere to wait and want to be in California by Feb-March so I guess we will just have to gut it out on Rt 10, no way around the higher elevations?
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balfre1946 wrote:, no way around the higher elevations?
Not unless you go to southern Mexico. 
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I 20 and then I 10 is the best route. We encountered snow in San Antonio last February(Not on your route). We waited until noon to leave SA when the interstate going west was reopened. We travel to Tucson each February and the problem usually is high winds in West Texas not snow and ice.
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grey`eagle
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Please bear in mind that once you leave the Midland/Odessa area on I-20, you'll drive more than two or three hours a day before the next suitable stopping place.
There's a whole lot of "nothing" between Midland/Odessa and Van Horn.
Same thing between Van Horn and El Paso on I-10. Might suggest stopping at Sandhills SP, which right off
I-20 at Monahans. Then stopping at Pecos.
There is Balmorhea SP just south of I-10, but it's east of where I-20 dead-ends into I-10. The weather is not too much of an issue on either until you're well west of El Paso. The same with grades, it's basically flat until west of El Paso.
If you think you might want to stop at Balmorhea, then suggest turning south on TX17, at Pecos, down to I-10. Cross I-10 and contionue for a few miles south on TX 17. It's a good road with very little traffic.
Notice I didn't say there weren't any mountains, they're out there, but mountains aren't an issue.
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seahawk09
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Hi from GA. . . I-10 has already been closed by snow & ice West of Las Cruces, NM ( just last week), so about all you can do is find a place to stop and watch for good weather. Good luck, Craig
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