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Hoping some of you experienced travelers can give me the best & quickest route from Sacramento, Ca. to Vinton, La. Google map list I-5 through Ca. to I-10 on to La. Are there better routes? I will be driving a (new to me) 2004 National Sea Breeze that I purchased there.
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I would take I 5 down to hwy 46 which cuts over to 99, take 99 south to Bakersfield, then east on 58, to Kramer Junction. Take 395 south to I 10. That way you miss the Grapevine and the Los Angeles traffic.
Good road all the way.
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dicnic
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Just don't go too far on 99 as the wind blows like crazy across the road causing huge dust storms. I would go as far as you can on I-5 before crossing over to Bakersfield. There is a great campground just outside of Bakersfield, Orange Grove I think is its name and rightly so, you camp right in the middle of a huge Orange grove. But, the fruit is ripe in October/November.
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CurtisG
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Thanks Modracer & Dicnic, for the tips. I have until the 27th to plan my route back home. Never driven in Ca. so I would like the easiest path.
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Modracer outlined a good route. However, I would suggest avoiding US 395 south. I've driven it too many times to count. First of all it is a lousy 2-lane stretch with dips and double yellow lines most of the way due to so many head-on accidents. It dumps you on I 15 and you must take it south down the Cajon Pass to I 10. You can save yourself a lot of traffic by continuing east on SR 58 to Barstow then north on I 15 for a short distance to I 40 then east. That way you can cut down to I 10 on the interstate of your choice: I 17, I 25 etc. Have fun!
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The orange Grove is a good is a good pick for a park coming from Sac.
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chevy lover is right, we usually go to Needles and then go south on 95 thru Havasu. to I 10. It cuts out Riverside and San Berdo.
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