Southern USA Driving Holiday
Hey guys,
My wife and I are planning on spending a month or so driving across the South around August next year. I've drawn up a rough plan for it and I was wondering what you guys thought of the places we're planning on driving to.
We've never been to the States before, but we're really looking forward to it. We're both really in to blues music, history etc so you'll see I've noted some of the places we're planning on visiting.
If there's anywhere on there you reckon is overrated or if we're driving past something awesome and I don't know about it, it would be awesome if you could post up.
My main concern with the trip is that it's a lot of driving, but I hear the interstates over there are good with reasonable speed limits, and we both enjoy driving so I think it'll be fine.
Mileage figures are from Google Maps.
Here's a map of the route...
Any advice at all would be appreciated!! (Next job is convincing my wife to let me spend $x0,000 on a Mopar to drive on the trip and then ship home...)
Thanks
Nick
Day 1
Miami, Florida - Key West, Florida (160 miles)
- Scenery, water etc.
Day 2
Key West, Florida – Miami, Florida (160 miles)
- Ernest Hemingway’s House
Day 3
Miami, Florida
- Everglades National Park
Day 4
Miami, Florida - Daytona Beach, Florida (260 miles)
- Daytona Speedway/Museum
- Trip to SeaWorld Orlando
Day 5
Daytona Beach, Florida – Savannah, Georgia (230 miles)
- Daytona Speedway
Day 6
Savannah, Georgia
- Architecture, old city
Day 7
Savannah, Georgia – Macon, Georgia (166 miles)
Day 8
Macon, Georgia
- Antebellum trail
Day 9
Macon, Georgia – Atlanta, Georgia (90 miles)
- Martin Luther King Jnr Museum
Day 10
Atlanta, Georgia – Nashville, Tennessee (250 miles)
Day 11
Nashville, Tennessee
- Country Music Hall of Fame
- Music Row
- Grand Ole Opry
- Bluebird Café
Day 12
Nashville, Tennessee
Day 13
Nashville, Tennessee – Memphis, Tennessee (210 miles)
- Detour to Shiloh (Civil War battlefield)
Day 14
Memphis, Tennessee
- Beale St
- WC Handy Museum
- Civil Rights Museum
- Stax Records
- Graceland
- Sun Studios
Day 15
Memphis, Tennessee
Day 16
Memphis, Tennessee – Greenwood, Mississippi (134 miles)
- Visit Clarksdale (Robert Johnson/Tennessee Williams)
- Greenwood Blues Museum
Day 17
Greenwood, Mississippi – Jackson, Mississippi (100 miles)
- Stop in Canton (heaps of films made there, scenery)
Day 18
Jackson, Mississippi – New Orleans, Louisiana (190 miles)
Day 19
New Orleans, Louisiana
Day 20
New Orleans, Louisiana
Day 21
New Orleans, Louisiana
Day 22
New Orleans, Louisiana – Lake Charles, Louisiana (200 miles)
- Cajun food
- Delta, scenery
Day 23
Lake Charles, Louisiana – Houston, Texas (150 miles)
- San Jacinto Battleground
- NASA
Day 24
Houston, Texas – Dallas, Texas (240 miles)
Day 25
Dallas, Texas