Florida to Denver - new route needed
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Florida to Denver - new route needed
I am going from Florida to Denver in a few weeks. The plan is/was to take the ACA Southern Tier to Mobile, go north on the Underground Railroad route, and then west along the Trans American route. Is there a better/different route that turns North or Northwest farther west on the Southern Tier than Mobile?
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I am going from Florida to Denver in a few weeks. The plan is/was to take the ACA Southern Tier to Mobile, go north on the Underground Railroad route, and then west along the Trans American route. Is there a better/different route that turns North or Northwest farther west on the Southern Tier than Mobile?
Alternatively, you could cross the Mississippi at Natchez or Baton Rouge and head northwest to Shreveport then to Texarkana then north to Fort Smith and Fayetteville. You would intersect the TransAm north of Joplin. None of this is on any ACA map but it wouldn't be too hard to route out. Louisiana 1 out of Shreveport via Caddo Lake/Vivian/Atlanta TX to Texarkana is a good road with nice wide shoulders. I've toured in southwestern Arkansas (Texarkana/Ashville/Vivian/DeQueen/Mena) and was pleasantly surprised at how nice it was to tour there. It is hilly but not as bad as Appalachia. I've driven from Mena to Fort Smith on US71 and it wasn't a bad touring road either.
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Stuart Black
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
Days of Wineless Roads. Bed and Breakfasting along the KATY
Twisting Down the Alley. Misadventures in tornado alley.