Kountryguy
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We are thinking of taking 70 west of Hot Springs into OK (39' fiver). What is 70 like across OK? Lots of lights and towns? Trying to avoid I40 and end up on 70 to Clovis,NM.
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grey`eagle
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There's a boat load of small towns in that part of OK that I'd just as soon avoid if possible.
Might suggest turing south at Hugo onto US271 down to Paris, TX., then US82 across to Wichita Falls., then US287 to Vernon.
At Vernon you can get back on US70 to Clovis.
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Kountryguy
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Thanks. we took 82 across TX last spring and it was a nice drive. Just trying to find some new scenery, but 82 will look different going west.
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scoutmaster
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Besides a few rough spots on I-40 it isn't that bad to travel. If you don't go through OKC during rush hour then you won't have that much traffic. We go to the lake in eastern OK several times a year and don't have any problems driving I-40. If you aren't in much of a hurry then 70 should be OK. I have been from Durant, OK to West of Ardmore OK and it is a very good road.
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Kountryguy
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Thanks for all your help.
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tatest
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I've found US-70 in the central part of Oklahoma can get clogged with slow traffic: manufactured homes, oilfield and refinery equipment, wind generator parts. It seems to be a preferred route for moving oversize loads across the region, stuff too big to get a permit for I-40 or I-30.
Lots of little towns, not too many traffic lights, towns too small to get them put on a US highway. It is the slow oddball traffic that might get to you, hard enough to get around in a zippy car; towing a fiver, you will move at their pace.
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If you take US-82, stop in Muenster, a few miles west of Gainesville, for some authentic German food.
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