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Thought I'd write a bit about my recent road trip FROM Disney. That's right, from WDW. We live very close to the castle and did a road trip to see our grandson graduate from Texas A&M. A total of 2,150 miles round trip over six days.
Our route was 429 to FL Turnpike to I-75 to I-10 to I-12 (bypasses NOLA) back to I-10 to I-610 to TX 290. Whew. Actually we spread that over a couple of days by driving ~8 hours to a hotel just past Mobile AL. The next day we drove about 4 hours to Lafayette LA where my BIL lives. Spent a couple of nights at his house getting to meet his new GF and dog.
We spent the following 2 nights in Houston at a hotel near the I-610 loop and 290. The drive there from Lafayette took about 4 hours including stops. On the actual graduation day (Thursday May 8) we drove from the hotel to College Station which took ~ >2 hours because of traffic near the college. Enjoyed the graduation ceremony. Very well done. Long but that was expected. Drove back to Houston hotel afterwards.
Next morning it was time to hit the road home. Us and the rain! First day we drove to Pensacola (reversing the route mentioned above) for the night. A very long drive. One that I should have cut shorter in hindsight. This took ~11 hours on the road as we encountered a lot of rain along the way and traffic in the Mobile area.
On the last day, our drive from Pensacola back home to Winter Garden was relatively easy. No significant rain. Only some heavy traffic on FL Turnpike due to construction and accidents as we got closer to home.
Now recovering and repacking for another road trip. Home to Dayton OH and back next week.
Our route was 429 to FL Turnpike to I-75 to I-10 to I-12 (bypasses NOLA) back to I-10 to I-610 to TX 290. Whew. Actually we spread that over a couple of days by driving ~8 hours to a hotel just past Mobile AL. The next day we drove about 4 hours to Lafayette LA where my BIL lives. Spent a couple of nights at his house getting to meet his new GF and dog.
We spent the following 2 nights in Houston at a hotel near the I-610 loop and 290. The drive there from Lafayette took about 4 hours including stops. On the actual graduation day (Thursday May 8) we drove from the hotel to College Station which took ~ >2 hours because of traffic near the college. Enjoyed the graduation ceremony. Very well done. Long but that was expected. Drove back to Houston hotel afterwards.
Next morning it was time to hit the road home. Us and the rain! First day we drove to Pensacola (reversing the route mentioned above) for the night. A very long drive. One that I should have cut shorter in hindsight. This took ~11 hours on the road as we encountered a lot of rain along the way and traffic in the Mobile area.
On the last day, our drive from Pensacola back home to Winter Garden was relatively easy. No significant rain. Only some heavy traffic on FL Turnpike due to construction and accidents as we got closer to home.
Now recovering and repacking for another road trip. Home to Dayton OH and back next week.
