This wasn't a sight seeing trip. This was a got to get to California before my daughter starts her internship trip. I am happy to report that we are still friends after four (650+ miles) days of driving along I-40!
- Day 1- Washington DC to Nashville, TN
- Day 2-Nashville to Oklahoma City, OK
- Day 3-Oklahoma City to Gallup, NM
- Day 4-Gallup to Los Angeles, CA.
We left each day by 6:30am and arrived by late afternoon.
I was glad that we booked hotels on the west side of Nashville and Oklahoma City, because we avoided rush hour traffic going into the city in the morning.
I also recommend that you check for restaurants near the hotel...the last thing I want to do is drive to dinner after driving all day.
Gallup was a little scary as it seems to have a problem with alcoholism or homelessness. The hotels have fences around their parking lots and I felt like I needed to be on my guard walking across the parking lot to the Walmart.
I was happily surprised that we had good cell service for most of the trip! So, we were able to use waze.
