Road Trip!!

I Currently live on the south side of chicago, iL. am thinking of going to albuquerque new mexico on a road trip!! but dont know which route to take! is there any suggestions available???

TAHNK U FOR UR TIME!!

amber

Road Trip!!

Amber:

Frankly, you haven%26#39;t given us much to work with. You haven%26#39;t mentioned how much time you have, when you plan on going, what your interests are, etc.

At this point all I can really do is suggest that if you want to find a route to take, try either Yahoo! Maps (http://maps.yahoo.com) or Google Maps (http://maps.google.com) and see what they suggest. This will give you at least some idea about possible ways to go and how long it will take.

Now if you can provide more data, we might be able to provide better info.

Road Trip!!

The HISTORIC ROUTE 66 would be the one to travel on.

What is on the way from chicago... I don%26#39;t know, but once you are getting closer to new mexico, there are many many places to visit.

The way I plan my road trips is by visiting the state by state government ';places to visit'; and they usually have good info. THe other thing I do is to look at the Natural parks.. THere are many treasures to visit...

HAVE TONS OF FUN!!!! and Welcomo te the Land of Enchantment! :0)

If you don%26#39;t have the time to wander along stretches of old Route 66, you would still be smart to come down through St. Louis, Springfield MO, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Amarillo TX and on to Albuquerque. It%26#39;s a very scenic route, and the cities are close enough together to be able to stop overnight. The section of Interstate between Missouri-Oklahoma state line and Oklahoma city is mostly toll, so you need to know you will have to pay for that stretch. For info on Albuquerque I recommend www.itsatrip.org. Lots of great info on that site

I would vote for historic ';Route 66'; first. Unfortunately, so much of the old ';Mother Road,'; is no longer US66, but varied state highway designations. This is ';if'; you are taking your time on the roadtrip. (There is much information at various websites...just Search: ';Route 66.';

If you need a faster route, you%26#39;d want to come as directly as possible from Chicago to New Mexico, and that would probably bring you through Northern Illinois, Missouri, across Kansas, and the Oklahoma, and Texas panhandles. U.S. 54 would be an alternative to old Route 66 in that case.

Lastly, beware the ';map'; sites, such as MapQuest, etc. They will almost always give you the fastest way, i.e. ';Interstates,';...but those might be tens or even hundreds of miles farther, and almost always not as scenic, and enjoyable as the two-lane roads.

I would also say take Route 66 if you have plenty of time. There are may websites about it, but this one

www.legendsofamerica.com/66-Mainpage.html

will give you a step by step through each state the Mother Road passes through.

Have a fun trip.

A quick way would be is to take 55 then 44 to I-40. Trust me you only want to go through the pan handle of Texas. I-40 will bring you right into ABQ.