Which route? Destin, Florida to DFW?

[Gear_Jammer]

We left around 1030 this morning and just stopped in baton rouge for lunch. We have run 10 over the whole time with traffic and no cop issues whatsoever. Only 479 miles to go with a wife, 5 year old, 2 year old and 7 week old.....

You're making pretty good time. I made the drive with my 12, 9 and 4 year olds and there were times I wanted to drop the 3 of them off at the next bus station with fare in hand and tell them to find their way home. I can only imagine your situation.

[Chili]

i don't even want to think about it, my friend's father owns both of the planes and i get to hear him bitch everytime they have to turn the plane around because the old man left something on his nightstand or something of that nature.

LMAO.. If I am driving away from my house and have already turned off our street I won't go back if I have forgotten something.. Well, assuming it isn't a huge deal (like a passport for an international flight). It would have to be pretty damn important to have a pilot turn a plane around.

[Grape]

LMAO.. If I am driving away from my house and have already turned off our street I won't go back if I have forgotten something.. Well, assuming it isn't a huge deal (like a passport for an international flight). It would have to be pretty damn important to have a pilot turn a plane around.

bingo.....we were over Ohio last year on our way to Toronto when the old dickhead realized he left his passport at the shop.

[Chili]

bingo.....we were over Ohio last year on our way to Toronto when the old dickhead realized he left his passport at the shop.

Now that would SUCK!

[Sergio]

this time last week I was driving on route #3. on the way to Destin I took route #2. #3 was a better choice.

[Vertnut]

A few years back, I did a turnaround to Jackson, MS and back one day. I20 is FAST! I knew it was to Shreveport, but it got faster once we went east of Shreveport.

[SMKR]

On a trip to Disney, I've driven #3 twice. Though the drive itself is a beat down, I thought it was the best route. We're headed to Destin in a couple of months and I'm glad we're flying. I just need to figure out some family friendly stuff to do down there.

Yea we may fly next year- what airport so yout fly into? Was it pricey?

I have driven to/through that area a few times. I like the 3rd route. It is a little longer but typically less traffic. I just got back from New Orleans and I hit the Baton Rouge area around rush hour but the traffic wasn't bad. Jump off I10 and pick up I12 just outside of Baton Rouge and the ride to Mississippi is a good deal shorter.

I-12 was great, we did 85 on it the whole way.

We usually take 45 from mobile up to meridan when we come back from florida. The worst part of that drive is that about %40 of it is two lane and it's slow, but the rest is 4 lane divided and traffic is good.

I've done 49 from shreveport to layfette and it's a beating.

Seems like i did the mobile -> hattiesburg route once it and it was a 2 lane whipping all of the way.

yea the 2 lanes scared me off the other two routes. We just did 90 mph on 49, made excellent time, but there is literally nothing between Lafayette and Shreveport. Kids were bouncing off the seats an hour from Shreveport so we had to call it a night here. We left Destin around 1030am, took a 45 min lunch in baton rouge and made it here at 7pm so I can't complain about the highway speeds. But that 49 stretch would be unbearable under 80mph.

Alot of the Baton Rouge traffic issues were secondary to the construction on 10 and 12. Majority of this is taking place in the evenings right now. I've relocated to Baton Rouge in the last few months so I've had the pleasure of dealing with it. Watch out for the LSP on the basin bridge and on 49 they'll pop you for being just above the Speed limit.

yep two were sitting there at the end of the bridge, I can't believe the speed limit is only 60mph on that long bridge.

#3 because the speed limits are consistently higher.

There's a couple detours you can take to shave off some time in LA too around the 10/49 (or whatever) interchange, I think 180? it saves about 10 mins.

I saw 180 on the map, I'll definitely be taking it next time.

I personally hate 49 in Louisiana from Shreveport to Lafeyette(sp). That's the only stretch of freeway I have ever driven that I have fallen asleep on. That piece of road depresses me.

it is like I10 west of Junction tx.

I've tried all three, and option 2 is the best, by far. I was in Pensacola for 3 yrs and Jacksonville for 4 yrs. I've probably made the trip 20+ times.

so opt 2 doesn't have a lot of towns?

I saw you are taking route #3 above....just FYI, I have some good friends that own a place in SeaGrove (half way between Destin and Panama City), they drive back and forth from their home in Southlake literally about 5-6 times per year (for the past ~8 years now), and they always take that route. When we go visit them out there we take that route as well.

Edit - a little tip/difference in your route....we always take 190 to avoid inner-city Lafayette and also inner city Baton Rouge...coming from the east take a look at your map, you will catch 190 before you get into Baton Rouge, and it will take you up a little north and then straight across west all the way to Opelousas....it will save you a considerable amont of time.

Safe travels.

Thanks. That 180 highway will be on our route next trip.

A few years back, I did a turnaround to Jackson, MS and back one day. I20 is FAST! I knew it was to Shreveport, but it got faster once we went east of Shreveport.

hopefully it's fast tomorrow from Shreveport to dfw.

[71chevellejohn]

it is like I10 west of Junction tx.

Hey now, there's lots of stuff west of Junction... like rocks and dust and dusty rocks.

[SMKR]

Hey now, there's lots of stuff west of Junction... like rocks and dust and dusty rocks.

Lol

[Tyrone Biggums]

Yea we may fly next year- what airport so yout fly into? Was it pricey?

We're flying into Pensacola, and have to drive to Mobile for the flight back. I used AA miles and it took some effort to find a flight for 12.5K miles one way. Almost all of them were 25k one way.

[helosailor]

so opt 2 doesn't have a lot of towns?

Mobile, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Vicksburg, Monroe, and Shreveport are the only cities/towns of decent size. The rest are small towns.
I usually made the trip in 10:30 to 11:30, depending mainly on traffic through the bigger cities.

[mstng86]

Holy shit, a thread that stayed on topic past page 1.

[GeorgeG.]

You're making pretty good time. I made the drive with my 12, 9 and 4 year olds and there were times I wanted to drop the 3 of them off at the next bus station with fare in hand and tell them to find their way home. I can only imagine your situation.

LMAO! This is why the past few times we've made this trip, we leave in the evening..., no sun in my eyes, kids sleep all night, no potty breaks, wife sleeps most of the way, only stop is to fill up the tanks, make a sammich, stretch, use the bathroom then go...just me, the road, and my thoughts.

Of course I'm a worthless zombie part of the next day but...I prefer it that way. Although, I think this last time was the last time I'll do that non-stop.

[SMKR]

LMAO! This is why the past few times we've made this trip, we leave in the evening..., no sun in my eyes, kids sleep all night, no potty breaks, wife sleeps most of the way, only stop is to fill up the tanks, make a sammich, stretch, use the bathroom then go...just me, the road, and my thoughts.

Of course I'm a worthless zombie part of the next day but...I prefer it that way. Although, I think this last time was the last time I'll do that non-stop.

If we drive again thats exactly what we are doing- 7pm departure.

We stopped around hour 7-8 for sanity purposes. Non-stop would be a beating.

On a side note I was impressed with our new enclaves gas mileage. 21.1 mpg hand calculated averaging 76 mph for entire trip.

[bcar]

I go every year using option 1. I do not like the roads in lousyanna.