Where Are We Today
Lucky
Star Casino
El
Reno, Oklahoma
Yesterday,
March 11th, we left Bottomless Lake State Park and travelled to El Reno
Oklahoma, a total of 460 miles.
Starting
out on Bottomless Lake Rd. to US 383 to Roswell on nice smooth paved roads that I will rate as 9 out
of 10.
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| US-70 |
Next, we turned east onto US-70E to Portales where we joined up with US-60E. US-70, I am rating as a 7 out of 10, it did have some nice smooth sections but there were rough sections that brought my rating down. US-60 is another story, I rate it at a 6.5 to 7 until it joined I-27N at Canyon.
Now
heading north towards Amarillo on US-60E, US-87N and I-27N. The road conditions
are improving and I will rate this section as a 7.5 to 8 out of 10.
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| US-60 |
At
Amarillo we entered onto I-40E to I-40BL E/ Rte. 66/ Sunset Dr. onto US-81
arriving at The Lucky Star Casino. This last section of travel, is rated at an
8 out of 10.
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| Convoy of 6 army vehicles. |
This
has been a great travel day, cool and windy at times, it was still an easy
drive. Would we take this route again, probably not, but never say never. Even
though there are low ratings on some of these roads, remember that they are
averages. The biggest drawback for us, is that from Roswell to Canyon, there
are few places to eat that we could pull into with our rig, and one place to
get fuel, also in this section, there
were no rest areas, only one picnic area.
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| I-40 E in Oklahoma |
So,
here we sit at the Lucky Star Casino in El Reno OK. until Wednesday when we
will head off to our next destination of Grove Ok. Stay tune for road updates
to there. Until the next time, take care and be safe. Feel free to comment and
I will answer.
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| Lucky Star Casino, El Reno OK. |
That was a good travel day getting some miles behind you.
ReplyDeleteNot a lot of rest areas along there though. we have done that route as well.
Nice that you are settled in against the casino , maybe have some goo luck there.
Keep travelling safe and enjoying the journey.
Good travel day for sure. It is nice here at the casino and you never know on the luck.
DeleteWow, great travel day. Like you I found the roads from Roswell to Amarillo a bit less than wonderful but again, like you say they are probably about average. I'm not as big as you folks but I find it difficult at times to find places to get off the road as well. However these roads are more 'country' than 'get there fast' roads so I understand the lack of rest areas and the less than easy access for bigger rigs.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your well earned rest!!!
Yes a great travel day and you are right the roads are more country. Will enjoy a couple of days rest and then a shorter drive to our next destination.
DeleteYou covered a lot of ground good information about the roads but really good to know about the lack of places to stop. Safe travels as you continue on.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys, yes it was a lot of ground was covered.
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