Interstate 10 extends across the southern United States from the San Bernardino Valley in California all the way to Jacksonville, Florida. The ninety miles between Phoenix and Tucson are probably the least scenic and the most monotonous.
Things have changed alot along this stretch I-10 in the past five or six years. There are more outlet malls along its edges as one passes through Casa Grande, the halfway point between Tucson and Phoenix. This is where I usually have to pull over for a quick catnap when I make the drive to Our Urban Neighbor in the North (aka Phoenix and environs). More housing developments have sprouted and taken root. And, in Tucson, I-10 is being expanded with more lanes, new bridges, and really smooth asphalt.
I'll have a chance to test out the new surface in July when I drive my daughter to the Phoenix airport. She's going on a 3-week California Adventure (Northern CA, none of that LA stuff!) with my sister. She's looking forward to the adventure and I'm looking forward to the break.
