# I need advice for a cross-country road trip

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-a-cross-country-road-trip/382444>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 1, 2006, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-a-cross-country-road-trip/382444 "2006-12-01T04:51:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-a-cross-country-road-trip/382444/21 "2006-12-03T13:12:17Z")

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[QUOTE=David Simmons]  
I if things look chancy you can drop down I-25 from Albuqurque to Las Cruses, NM and go across on I-10 to Phoenix (  
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Agreed. You can shave an hour off of this by getting off I-25 in Hatch, New Mexico, which is where they grow the best Green Chilis in the world, and take the NM 26 shortcut to Deming to pick up I-10. It’s a good road for a state highway.

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**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-for-a-cross-country-road-trip/382444/22 "2006-12-04T02:19:06Z")

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It’s official. I’m disappointed, but hey, the Rose Bowl’s not so bad. Plus, we get to beat up on a downtrodden USC team.

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