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2 Cloudcroft → Ash Fork

Sat Sep 5 · ~520 mi · ~9 h · leg 2 of 4

Lance · Path. Order. Direction. Focus.

US-82 → Alamogordo (White Sands detour optional) → US-54 → Carrizozo → US-380 → I-25 → Socorro → US-60 W (VLA, Pie Town) → Springerville AZ → Show Low → AZ-77 → Holbrook → I-40 W → Flagstaff → Williams → Ash Fork

Checkpoints

4 Ash Fork, AZ Night 2 — Canyon's Edge Motel · America/Phoenix arrived Sat Sep 5 · 7:02 PM MST

Candidate stops

Suggestions, not commitments.

SIGHT White Sands National Park — ~45 min detour from Alamogordo, morning light on the dunes
SIGHT Valley of Fires lava flow — on US-380, free roadside walk
SIGHT Very Large Array — right on US-60, visitor center
MEAL Pie Town, NM — lunch, obviously
SIGHT Petrified Forest / Painted Desert — I-40 drive-through park, 1 h
SIGHT Winslow — Standin' on the Corner — 5-min photo stop