Does anyone have a preferred route to Arizona from Vancouver starting out in December?  Are there specific roads to stay away?  I'm thinking that we should stick to the Interstate until well into California but I'm looking for advice.  Also any campground suggestions along the route, for this time of year would be great.

Thanks, Gord & Jocelyn

I-5 south into central California is normally safe, except you might have issues going over Siskiyou Pass at the Oregon/California border. If that pass is snowed in you can cut over to US101 via US199 at Grants Pass, Oregon, but you have to check on it before going past Grants Pass. From US101 the best route back to I-5 is CA20. Once in Central California you have more route choices. Mine would be to switch to CA99 south of Sacramento and turn east on CA58 at Bakersfield where you can take US395 south to I-15 or connect to I-40 and take it into Arizona where you should turn south on CA95, US95 or US93 to avoid the higher altitudes.