Finally decided to do the road trip! The eldest daughter, Jessica (with Ryan) flew in on Saturday 18th June and we decided that as they would have jet lag we would make an early start on Sunday 19th.
Day 1 Orlando to New Orleans:
05:30 we hit the road. Pretty boring drive up the Turnpike and the I75 to our first stop which was Cracker Barrell in Tallahassee. Breakfast done, back on the road heading to New Orleans.
Pictures en route to New Orleans:
We arrived at around 15:00. We chose a great hotel, The Four Points in the French Quarter, - THE best hotel of the trip! http://www.fourpointsfrenchquarter.com/ Checked in, got an upgrade (whoop whoop), tried out the balcony, then set off to explore the area:
Day 2 - New Orleans to Memphis:
This trip was fast and furious..... We decided to hit the road around 09:00 for Memphis - we thought about taking the scenic route but it was going to add several more hours to the already long trek so instead, we decided to break it up by going to the Civil War site at Vicksburg (half the scenic route, which got us off the mind boggling boring highways):
Vicksburg was my first Civil War site. Set in a National Park on entering you drive along a set route, past busts and memorials marking the battles and the leaders on both sides. Remarkable place and well worth the visit with the USS Cairo gun ship being the center piece just outside the museum.
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| USS Cairo |
See Part 2:http://nomadicfridays.blogspot.com/2016/07/road-trip-memphis-elvis-presley-mansion.html
Looks fabulous. We want to do San Fran to Seattle next year........ Maz
ReplyDeleteIt was! Next year we're also looking at the West Coast - San Fran down to San Diego and, allegedly, on bikes (not me, I'll be in the car with the girlies, Ryan and Steve can wander round like they've lost their horses)!!!!
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