<p>I’ll be driving Dallas to LA with DS2 at the end of the summer. Amazingly, the two possible interstate routes are within just a few miles of each other in overall distance. They are the northern route along I-40 and through Amarillo, Albuquerque and Flagstaff, and the southern route, over I-10, El Paso, Tucson, Phoenix. Can anyone comment as to what route might be preferred and why? I wish I knew some truck drivers.</p>
<p>A buddy once gave me directions to his house in L.A. I was in San Antonio at the time. He said “Get on ten west. Turn left at Pico. It’s _309(A) Pico”. Sooo, Take 20 to 10, turn left on Pico. LOL. I wouldn’t think about 40. Just blow and go on 10. It should be faster. The troopers will be running 80. It is forever to El Paso. You’ll think it will never happen, and then… finally…you’re still not there. I’ve driven the stretch between Dallas and EP so often that I’m beginning to like the Glass Mountains around Van Horn, and Sierra Blanca. It is some seriously desolate country in the winter. In the summer I believe it is Hell.</p>