Does anyone know of good cg's around hwy 40 in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas? We will be coming from Vegas, returning to our home in PA. We will have 2 big dogs, and a little one in our 34 ft MH. We have 2 kids, 10 and 12. We will be traveling through there in early August. Also any good ideas of what to see and do? I know about Grand Canyon., But what else in those states?
There are gazillions of things to see and do in the southwest, but if you're planning on staying on or near I40, don't expect to see that much, particularly on a pass-through drive!
I'd recommend getting in touch with the tourism offices of each state and getting a brochure. They list the highlights. I'll get you started for New Mexico:
RVers with Special Interests, including 55+ Parks; Where to escape the heat; where to fish; where to golf; where to hold RV rallies; where to ski; where to snowbird; and much more
We'll second Palo Duro, especially if you lilke state/national park type camping. In fact, we'll be there for a couple of days in mid March on our way to GUMO and Big Bend. Have a good trip back and stay safe.
Back in May we traveled the same stretch of I-40 which runs parallel to old Route 66.
Williams Arizona is a bit west of Flagstaff and we stayed at Railside RV Ranch as a basecamp while visiting the Grand Canyon. Nice place and would be easy in and out for an overnight stop. Some things to do in the area as well if you wanted to stick around.
From Williams we drove all day to Amarillo, TX and spent the night at RV Xpress. This is right off the highway near Cadillac Ranch. I think the RV park may have changed names but you can find it on rvparkreviews.com easily enough. Basically a gigantic parking lot with hookups, but easy in and out, and reasonable rates. Last I heard, the laundry facility here was FREE so maybe you could time your laundry stop around this place.
While we didn't spend the night in Tucumcari, I know there are several RV parks there that would make decent and cheap overnight stops.
From what I rememeber, along that stretch of I-40 there were plenty of signs for campgrounds and RV parks, so if you are just going to wing it and try to find a place to stop when you get tired, as we did, you should have no problems.
We drove I-40 from Knoxville, TN to Barstow, CA last June. We did not have reservations anywhere except Grand Canyon. We found a great little campground east of Amarillo, TX that was not in any of our campground info books. It was at Lake McClellan National Grasslands Recreation Area. Just three miles off the interstate in a little canyon with a lake at the bottom. About 12-15 campsites, all on the lake, four with water and electricity. Paved roads, shaded area, picnic tables, etc. BUT it had pit toilets (that looked as if they had never been used). Might be different later in the summer, but we found it to be pretty amazing.
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