"For 2,000+ Mile Round-Trip Drivers Only!" (Part V)

[OKW Lover]

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.

 

[jaredjohn4]

I haven't counted officially, but I think I am in the gold category. I also add in three trips from Chicago to Orlando on motorcycles. We just moved our daughter to Orlando to work at UCF so we might have to increase the number of trips per year. Looks like this trip will be a little over 4000 miles. Chicago to Auburn AL. Auburn to Orlando, Orlando to Auburn. Auburn to Orlando. Then back to Chicago thru Atlanta and Nashville.

 

[jaredjohn4]

We are at Atlanta South RV resort. The back end looks great. Wide paved roads, Paved sites, concrete patios. Upfront looks like permies and gravel. Planning on leaving here Sunday Morning at 8:00am to go through Atlanta for 3 days at Nashville.. Don't know why but I75 looked down to 10 mph going north in the afternoon. I don't know why. We are going downtown tomorrow ISaturday) to do some tourist stuff.

 

[mickey916]

We drove back to SE Mass this Monday. We made it to our first stop Santee, SC driving up 95 with no real traffic. Our next stop on Tuesday was Stafford, VA, also a fairly uneventful drive up 95. We hoped to beat the DC traffic so we departed Stafford at 4:50 am on Wednesday....we weren't early enough! We experienced the craziest driving through DC. Cars came flying up the on ramps and just jammed themselves in at high speeds forcing those already on the road to slam their brakes as hard as possible. I don't know how we didn't see accidents. Very stressful at 5 am! The rest of the drive was equally unpleasant with many slowdowns the entire route back to Mass. Next year we've decided we'll avoid the DC area and 95 N as much possible. Considering going through Charlotte to PA and then home to SE Mass from there...any suggested routes?

 

[Mikey15]

Next year we've decided we'll avoid the DC area and 95 N as much possible. Considering going through Charlotte to PA and then home to SE Mass from there...any suggested routes?

Definitely a 95-26-77-81-84 scenario. Once 84 gets you into Connecticut I’m not sure what the best way will be for you from there.

 

[OKW Lover]

Definitely a 95-26-77-81-84 scenario. Once 84 gets you into Connecticut I’m not sure what the best way will be for you from there.

Agree with this route. When I lived in Plymouth, we took this route several times. Once in CT, we took 91 to Mass Pike to 495 to get home.

 

[mickey916]

Definitely a 95-26-77-81-84 scenario. Once 84 gets you into Connecticut I’m not sure what the best way will be for you from there.

Agree with this route. When I lived in Plymouth, we took this route several times. Once in CT, we took 91 to Mass Pike to 495 to get home.

That sounds perfect! Thank you both!