Re: driving from Baton Rouge, LA to Phoenix Posted: Tue July 22, 2008 08:44 PM UTC
It’s been a few years since I did that stretch. If I can trust my memory...
If you’re sticking to the interstate and driving during the day then you should be okay. Even at night it is fine; it’s just pretty remote country in some stretches. Gas stops are few and far between, and at night the open ones are fewer and farther. I-40 is fairly well-travelled, with truckers and summer vacation tourers (maybe not so much, with gas prices these days), so you won't be too alone during the day.
You’ll be travelling part of the old, historic Route 66, so do a search on that and make a stop or two along the way if you want some local history. On the stretch between Flagstaff and Phoenix, if time allows I highly recommend driving through Sedona on Hwy 89; it’s not much longer in distance, and it's very pretty. It'll be slower going, though.
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