[Az-Geocaching] Travel route suggestions

[Lisa G.]

Hi all,

I will be travelling with my family from Tempe to Austin, TX to visit my 
folks over the holidays.  I have always just taken I-10 east (south) out 
of town and followed it until the appropriate cutoff in Texas.

However I think I remember something about a construction project 
between Phoenix and Tucson.  I live right off of the 60/I-10 
interchange, and was wondering if it would be better to head out on the 
60 and go through Apache Junction, Superior, Globe and Safford, then 
cutting down on the 191 and hitting I-10.  Or continue on 70 out of 
Safford and meet up with I-10 in Lordsburg, NM.  Or any other 
suggestions someone may have...as long as I get to I-10 by central 
Texas, I'm good!

I've never traveled this particular stretch of road before, though, so I 
have no idea what the condition of it is.  This is a 1000 mile trip that 
we're doing in one shot, so I'm not looking to sightsee and don't really 
want to deal with a ton of 45 mph speed limits.  However if the 
construction zones are going to be worse or about the same, I'll deal 
with some slower speed limits.  I don't mind curvy/small roads if the 
speed limits aren't insanely low.

Oh, and we'll be leaving early on a Saturday morning, so rush hour 
traffic won't be a concern (in either Phoenix or Tucson).

Thanks,
-Lisa
"PoledraDog"