Best route thru New Mexico?

[Lndwarrior]

Planning a bucket list trip that will have me landing at Sedona and then onwards towards Texas. Looking for interesting things to see along the way.

It seems I have two choices - Hwy 40 straight east from Sedona until I hit flat land.

Or southward a bit to pick up Hwy 260 to Hwy 60 and eastward to Hwy 85 then south thru Truth or Consequences.

I'm VFR and will be flying roads.

So which route would be more interesting for someone who has never seen New Mexico?

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

You can fly south from Meteor Crater and then along the Mogollon Rim to the east. Follow the edge east and south to about White River, then east of there is rather scenic. You can then proceed further east and somewhat north and fly over the Very Large Array to the west of Soccorro. Depending on where you are going in Texas, you can then go south along the Rio Grande to El Paso. As suggested above the White Sands National Monument is rather neat. And Alamogorodo has a good Space Museum as well, with Ham's grave on the grounds.