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re: Birmingham to Baton Rouge road trip advice for Nov. 3 game
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:26 am to I-59 Tiger
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:26 am to I-59 Tiger
Use the first USM Hattiesburg exit as your stopping point. The last H-burg exit (I think the 3rd)is kinda funky
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Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:29 am to KillianRussell
"South Hattiesburg" ? Well, there's not much there but its really the last stop until Carriere. Sure isn't anything in Purvis,Lumberton,Poplarville or Millard.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:34 am to I-59 Tiger
South Hattiesburg,I think that's what it was called, I did notice the exit was just past the county line.
Lots of jacked up former police cars on bling rims seemed to be milling about when I stopped for gas there.
Lots of jacked up former police cars on bling rims seemed to be milling about when I stopped for gas there.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:35 am to I-59 Tiger
The drive from a Slidell to Tuscaloosa is boring and horrible. Hardy street exit in Hattiesburg is your best stop. laurel is a shithole
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:38 am to tiger perry
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laurel is a shithole
What the hell?? Do you have a "Ward's" where YOU live ?
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:44 am to tiger perry
If I don't have a book on tape for the drive between Tuscaloosa and New Orleans/Baton Rouge, I literally want to kill myself.
I love road trips, and there are so many breathtaking stretches in the south, but that one is just boring as hell.
I love road trips, and there are so many breathtaking stretches in the south, but that one is just boring as hell.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:44 am to I-59 Tiger
You like Laurel? Hattiesburg is much a much nicer stop.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:45 am to tiger perry
I was joking. 
I guess it was not a good joke.
I guess it was not a good joke.Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:46 am to Bellabama
Nothing but pine trees on both sides of the interstate... 
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:48 am to I-59 Tiger
You got me. Laurel 
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:51 am to tiger perry
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You got me. Laurel
Must confess the Mrs. and I stopped off at the South Miss State Fair at the South Laurel exit last October on the way down for the Auburn game and had a blast.Nothing fancy, just a good old fashioned fair with the expected rides and games and food that is terrible for you but awesome.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:52 am to tiger perry
There's that tiny little stretch between Hattiesburg and Laurel that has some pretty meadows and a creek/river with a little house overlooking it. That's sadly the highlight of the entire 5 hour drive.
It lasts about 2 minutes, when the truck plant interrupts the scenery.
It lasts about 2 minutes, when the truck plant interrupts the scenery.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:53 am to Halifax
Leave on Monday. Fly into New Orleans. Spend Monday through Thursday there. On Friday drive to Baton Rouge.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:56 am to I-59 Tiger
I dated a girl from Laurel. I got guilted into stopping at her mom's house on Sunday on the way home from Mardi Gras. What I thought was going to be a one hour put stop for a quick bite, turned into a 4 hour trip to hell. Her mom had "just put the roast in" when we pulled in the driveway.
No booze to be found, and fighting a 3 day Mardi Gras hangover.
I haven't stopped in Laurel since.
No booze to be found, and fighting a 3 day Mardi Gras hangover.
I haven't stopped in Laurel since.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:57 am to Bellabama
Plus the state troopers on the route are nazis and hide in the bushes.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:59 am to I-59 Tiger
What if we all started leaving funny little signs along the way for our TD comrades that made the drive more fun.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:01 am to LSUdm21
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LSUdm21
Birmingham to Baton Rouge road trip advice for Nov. 3 game
Best advise I got is pack your Kevlar. BR and NOLA are a couple of battlefields right now.
No. Not downtown, uptown, Audubon Park, Garden District, Lakeview, the Quarter, or City Park.
Unless he plans on exiting the I-10 and driving straight to the inner/central city crack houses and gang areas for some reason, he would not have a problem in N.O.
Not Baton Rouge, either; unless he plans on going to North Baton Rouge for some reason......
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:02 am to tiger perry
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Plus the state troopers on the route are nazis and hide in the bushes.
They are TERRIBLE. I always set my cruise control at 75.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:02 am to Halifax
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Road trips are fun IMO, but should we just grab a cheap flight to NOLA?
There are a few things to be said for doing this. First, there is more interesting stuff to do in and around New Orleans for 2 or 3 days than exists in all of Alabama and Missippi put together (well, unless you're seriously into agribusiness and obesity). It's an easy 60 minute drive from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, so keep your Saturday night reservation in BR (you will be too depressed, too drunk, or both, to do that drive back starting after 11PM), spend Friday (and Thursday as well if you have the time)night in NOLA, but leave VERY early on Saturday morning to come to BR--parking anywhere near the campus will start disappearing by 9AM.
It will be intense, and lots of fun (until about 7:00--after that you're on your own!).
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:07 am to Bellabama
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What if we all started leaving funny little signs along the way for our TD comrades that made the drive more fun.
On my way back home after the South Carolina game I'm going to stop and spray paint on a bridge at the Heidelberg/Bay Springs exit 'for a good time call Bellabama'.
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