I-10 Between CA Border and Phoenix
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We had considered this route early on but with the extra 100 miles/ 2 hours it would have added we decided to save that route for next time.
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Ok, you want to see 'something' on the way over. As you travel east, exit at MM30 US 60 East and take the 60 instead of the slab. You will go through some modern ghost towns and some places you wonder why someone is there. (Hope, Vicksburg, Pioneer. ) At Vicksburg Rd follow the signs to KOFA Cafe. Good spot for lunch and a libation. Then continue east on 60 to Salome and turn right on Salome Rd and follow it back to I-10. (WATCH OUT for COWS!) Or continue east on 60 to Vulture Mine Rd in Wickenburg and go south. Great bit of twisties and long sweepers south to I-10. Watch for sand in Firemans Corner. You get to see something other than scrub desert.
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Primo, since your from the LA area you may be familar with a whistle stop called "Chiriaco Summit" which is along I-10 between Indio and Desert Center, however just in case your not I'll mention it as an interesting stop.
At that location is the General Patton museum, it's the area where Patton trained his tank crews for desert warfare during WW2. Also the cafe there has good bugers and a well written history of the area when Mr. Chiriaco settled there. A good place to chow down and rest before the real desert starts!!
At that location is the General Patton museum, it's the area where Patton trained his tank crews for desert warfare during WW2. Also the cafe there has good bugers and a well written history of the area when Mr. Chiriaco settled there. A good place to chow down and rest before the real desert starts!!
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Primo, since your from the LA area you may be familar with a whistle stop called "Chiriaco Summit" which is along I-10 between Indio and Desert Center, however just in case your not I'll mention it as an interesting stop.
At that location is the General Patton museum, it's the area where Patton trained his tank crews for desert warfare during WW2. Also the cafe there has good bugers and a well written history of the area when Mr. Chiriaco settled there. A good place to chow down and rest before the real desert starts!!
At that location is the General Patton museum, it's the area where Patton trained his tank crews for desert warfare during WW2. Also the cafe there has good bugers and a well written history of the area when Mr. Chiriaco settled there. A good place to chow down and rest before the real desert starts!!
Must be fate. We're definitely stopping there and the cafe. Thanks for the info.
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Ok, you want to see 'something' on the way over. As you travel east, exit at MM30 US 60 East and take the 60 instead of the slab. You will go through some modern ghost towns and some places you wonder why someone is there. (Hope, Vicksburg, Pioneer. ) At Vicksburg Rd follow the signs to KOFA Cafe. Good spot for lunch and a libation. Then continue east on 60 to Salome and turn right on Salome Rd and follow it back to I-10. (WATCH OUT for COWS!) Or continue east on 60 to Vulture Mine Rd in Wickenburg and go south. Great bit of twisties and long sweepers south to I-10. Watch for sand in Firemans Corner. You get to see something other than scrub desert.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...5,0.44014&z=11
OR
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...59&ie=UTF8&z=8
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...5,0.44014&z=11
OR
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...59&ie=UTF8&z=8
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