![]() This one time it took more than five hours. It should take between two and three hours. This stretch of the road turned into a nightmare. We made the mistake of scheduling our travel westbound on Sunday afternoon only one time. After being stuck in the middle of the desert one time we learned not to do that ever again. We have never traveled southbound Interstate 15, Mojave desert section on Sunday afternoon in our RV. It is the primary north-south route from the Los Angles Basin to Las Vegas and points further north. We have traveled Interstate 15 numerous times on our travels. ![]() Interstate 15 – Bad Roads for RVs - Our experience On Sunday afternoon, the traffic grinds to a halt. Traffic: This road is typically busy every day of the week. This helps in the comfort department, southbound rest areas are overrun by people needing a break from the road. Rest Stops & Turnouts: California’s rest areas are now open after many years of non-operation. It seems that the desert empties on Sunday afternoon, all westbound. In the fall and winter, the desert on both sides of this road turns into an RV desert camping destination. The problem is that on Sunday afternoon everyone wants to travel southbound from Las Vegas to Los Angles after spending their time at the Casinos in Las Vegas. Turns: Turns are not the problem, indeed the road is nearly straight. Terrain: Rolling high desert with very few cities. This section of the road can turn into a 147-mile-long traffic jam. There is so much traffic on Sunday afternoon that runaway downhill speeds are unlikely. ![]() These bad roads are steep, however, on any given Sunday afternoon you are unlikely to have a problem due to the steep sections, except when going uphill due to the real likelihood of overheating. Refer to our blog for separate discussions on the steep sections of Interstate 15 at Halloran Summit and Cajon Pass. The reason this is a bad road for RVs is that on Sunday afternoons this road is jam-packed with travelers. Typically the temperature is either mild or hot. Since this is an Interstate Highway, there are at least two lanes and a slow lane on all the steep sections there are two steep sections. Southbound Interstate 15 – Bad Roads for RVs – Sunday afternoon between Primm Nevada and Glen Helen California is a bad road for RVs.
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