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- Kit_CarsonExplorerI10 in Louisiana is a bummer. I prefer US49 out of Jackson then I10 fro Gulfport to Pensacola.
- padredwNomadI have to say that I've never found any great problem with US 49 except the many traffic signals getting out of Jackson. That is an irritant but it's soon over.
Now the OTHER 49 is I-49 out of Shreveport down to Lafayette. It is a great route as far as I know if you want to go that way. - johnhicksExplorerWhat's wrong with 49?
- fanrgsExplorerWe just got back from Florida, including several days in Pensacola. US 98 west of Pensacola is a two-lane road, but worked well for us after spending several nights at Big Lagoon State Park near Pensacola Naval Air Station. And don't miss the incredible National Naval Aviation Museum on the base. Its collection rivals the Smithsonian and the Pima Air & Space Museums for size and has more World War I and II Navy planes than either of those. We spent half a day there and could have stayed longer! Another place we enjoyed for half a day was the battleship USS Alabama park in Mobile.
Knowing now what we didn't know before the trip, we might have taken US 98/US 84 back to Colorado instead of I-10. The Louisiana part of I-10 is pretty bad and the weather was awful all the way from Baton Rouge to Houston. But we were heading for Kerrville, Texas, to visit relatives and it is on I-10, not on US 84. - scrubjaysnestExplorerWe use US 84 plenty of ACOE and USFS CG's.
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- kwrightExplorerDo not take 49 out of Jackson to Hattiesburg, what a nightmare!
- kwrightExplorerHas anyone taken US 90from Lafayette to slidell
- kwrightExplorerThanks for the routes, going to try some
- ken56ExplorerWe prefer to stay off the interstate when possible ourselves. Use an old fashioned atlas and find a road. I use my atlas and Google maps all the time and have never been taken down any road that was not OK for towing. I use RVPARKY app for finding campgrounds on our route. Never had a problem with that either.
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