Re Work on the driving itinerary

I have been speaking to a few friends who are locals, who have given me some great ideas, so modifying the itinerary a bit. Still need to work out from the 24th onwards. Tis gettng soo much closer

Part 1. - Google Map Link

• 17th November - Get off boat 7am ish, Pick up the car about 9 am and start driving.                   (total of 1009 km of driving)
• First stop 
• Tallahassee, FL -  430 km  quick lunch stop and obligatory pictures
• Second Stop - 
• Pensacola FL - 316 km
• Flora-Bama Lounge and oysterbar.  (Local recommendation)  - early dinner   17401 Perdido Key Drive, Pensacola, FL, United States
• Visit the beaches of the Gulf Coast
•  5:45 pm catch last Ferry out of Florida  

Part 2 - Google Map Link

• Gulfport, MS -  134 km - Brief fuel and break and obligatory pictures for being in a different state
• New Orleans, LA -  129 km. arrive about 8 pm if we get the last ferry or 10 pm if we miss it and have to go via Mobile.

• 18th November - Explore New Orleans.                                                                                   
• 1/2 day tour of  City and Plantations 
• Ghost tour
• Cocktail tour
• Dinner and explore Burbon street and the main city
• 19th November - Explore New Orleans 
• Cemetery tour/ voodoo Tour
• Vampire tour
• Walking city/ food tour/ Coooking??
• 20th November - Driving day start at 7am
• Breakfast in Baton Rouge - 129km
• Lafeyette, LA - 96km - -Brief fuel and break and obligatory pictures
• Houston, TX - 350km  - Aiming to arrive around lunch time 
• National Museum of Funeral history
• Water wall
• Beer can house
• San Antonio, TX - 300km arrive about 6pm. (total 875km day)
• Majestic Theatre - Night time
• River walk & dinner - Night time
• Buckhorn Saloon - Night time
• Hemis Fair Urban Park (Tower of Americas) - Night time
• Ripleys Haunted adventure - Night time
• 21st November -  Explore San Antonio
• http://historictexastours.com/
• Mission San Jose
• Mission Conception
• The Alamo 
• Natural Bridge Caverns - Just north of SA on I-35 
• Natural Bridge wildlife park ( driving zoo)
• Cascade Caverns with an underground waterfall.
• El Mercardo
• Bill Miller Bar B Q
• 22nd November - 
• Hill Country - Between San Antonio and Austin.. ( Ranch Day/ Rodeo???)
• Austin TX, - 126km
• Whole Foods grocery store on Lamar and 5th
•   Saltlick BBQ joint (Driftwood)
• Barton Springs
• Bats at sunset (Ann Richards Congress Ave. Bridge which is over Lady Bird Lake)
• 23rd November - Driving day
• Waco, TX 166km
• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
• Masonic Grand Lodge - Museum
• Dr Pepper museum
• Dallas, TX 153km
• Texas school book depository 
• Keller's Drive-in
  Northwest Hwy and Abrams Rd, Dallas, TX
• Swiss Avenue Historic District
• Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament (Free upgrade code "frweb")
• Pegasus Sign
401 Commerce St, atop the Magnolia Hotel, Dallas, TX 75201 (Downtown Dallas)
• 24th November
• Wichita Falls, TX 226km
• Amarillo, TX - 362km
• Roswell, NM 346km
• Albuquerque, NM - 318km
• Flagstaff, AZ - 522km
• 25th November????
• 26th November - Arrive Las Vegas - 409km
• 27th November -  Shopping in Vegas
• 28th November -  Shopping in Vegas
• 29th November -  Fly Home

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82 Days till departure on Kid free holiday

With my continual blogging fail, this may be my last attempt at trying to blog a holiday.

We are 82 days until we take off on our Bec and Nando kid free holiday. Now I have some of the weirdest children in the world, as they didn't want to come on this trip as they would miss too much school. Even with making the trip so they would only miss a week.

Alas, we are now going on a 5 week jaunt taking in the likes of Las Vegas, Cancun, Orlando, Haiti, Jamaica, Cozumel, New Orleans, Texas, Vegas and home again.

I have booked all our flights, all hotels except for those of our road trip from Orlando to Vegas via New Orleans and Texas.  I haven't figured out how long we will take to do the drive so will sound this out over the next couple of posts to see what works best.

Conservatively we have 10 days to do the driving and see all the sites. And it is looking to be about 40ish hours of driving. Actual dates are 17th November and Fly out of Vegas on 29th November in the AM. But I want to get all my shopping done so have allocated 2 shopping days at the end (27th - 28th).

Plan A. - Google Map Link

• 17th November - We get off our cruise and pick up the car. We figure that we will just stay in Orlando for that day and night and start driving first thing on the Monday Morning 
• 18th November - Driving Day -  Start early (4 am) head out. End goal is to make it to New Orleans. Stopping in:
• Tallahassee, FL -  413km -Breakfast and obligatory pictures 
• Flora-Bama Lounge and oysterbar. 353km  (Local recomendation)  http://www.florabama.com 17401 Perdido Key Drive, Pensacola, FL, United States
• Mobile, AL -  392km - Lunch and obligatory pictures for being in a different state
• Gulfport, MS -  121km - Brief fuel and break and obligatory pictures for being in a different state
• New Orleans, LA -  129km. - Aiming to arrive around 2 pm
• Total of 1055km. A big day of driving
• Ghost tour
• Cocktail tour
• Dinner and explore Burbon street and the main city
• 19th November - Explore New Orleans - http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attractions-g60864-Activities-c25-New_Orleans_Louisiana.html
• 1/2 day tour of  City and Plantations  http://www.toursbyisabelle.com/city-tour.html
• Cemetery tour/ voodoo Tour
• Vampire tour
• Walking city/ food tour
• Riverwalk Market place - Closed until 2014 so scratched from the list
• 20th November - Driving day start at 7am
• Breakfast in Baton Rouge - 129km
• Lafeyette, LA - 96km - -Brief fuel and break and obligatory pictures
• Houston, TX - 350km  - Aiming to arrive around lunch time 
• National Museum of Funeral history
• Water wall
• Beer can house
• San Antonio, TX - 300km arrive about 6pm. (total 875km day)
• Majestic Theatre
• River walk & dinner
• Buckhorn Saloon
• Hemis Fair Urban Park (Tower of Americas)
• Ripleys Haunted adventure?
• 21st November -  Explore San Antonio
• http://historictexastours.com/
• Mission San Jose
• Mission Conception
• The Alamo - http://www.thealamo.org
• Natural Bridge Caverns - Just north of SA on I-35 http://www.naturalbridgecaverns.com/
• Natural Bridge wildlife park ( driving zoo)
Cascade Caverns http://www.cascadecaverns.com/with an underground waterfall.
• El Mercardo
• Bill Miller Bar B Q
• 22nd November - 
• Hill Country - Between San Antonio and Austin.. ( Ranch Day/ Rodeo???)
• Austin TX, - 126km
• Whole Foods grocery store on Lamar and 5th
• Something cowboyish???
•  BBQ joint (Driftwood)- http://www.saltlickbbq.com/
• Barton Springs


• Bats at sunset (Ann Richards Congress Ave. Bridge which is over Lady Bird Lake)


• Waco, TX 166km
• Dallas, TX 153km
• Oaklahoma, OK 330km
• Amarillo, TX - 418km
• Roswell, NM 346km
• Albuquerque, NM - 318km
• Flagstaff, AZ - 522km
• Las Vegas, NV - 409km
• 23rd November????
• 24th November????
• 25th November????
• 26th November - Arrive Las Vegas
• 27th November -  Shopping in Vegas
• 28th November -  Shopping in Vegas
• 29th November -  Fly Home

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