Hi all,
I’m planning a road trip to New Orleans then a loop of Florida in April, and I’m just after any advice or ideas about a couple of parts of the trip. I’m there for 17 days and am planning to camp for a good part of the 16 day trip (flying a tent over from the UK), as I did this round New England in Sept and really enjoyed it.
So far, the plan is:
Day 1 – Drive a couple of hours out of Orlando heading west
Day 2 – Drive to Big Lagoon State Park near Pensacola and camp for a couple of nights
Day 3 – Explore the area
Day 4 – Drive to New Orleans
Day 5 – Stay in New Orleans
Day 6 – One more night in New Orleans (may cut this down to two nights)
Day 7 – Drive up into Alabama, maybe to Montgomery where there looks like there’s some interesting civil rights museums/memorials
Day 8 – Drive towards Jacksonville, FL making our way through some small towns and stopping the night somewhere in between
Day 9 – Camp at Little Talbot Island
Day 10 – One more night at Little Talbot Island (may cut down to one night)
Day 11 – Drive towards Key West, stopping somewhere in between
Day 12 – Arrive at Key West and camp the night if possible
Day 13 – Drive to Everglades and camp
Day 14 – Camp again
Day 15 – Drive up towards Tampa and possibly stay around there
Day 16 – Either stay around Tampa, or head to Orlando
Day 17 – Fly home
First off – does this look sensible? The main things I’m still not sure about is the journey from New Orleans to Jacksonville – I would like to go through Alabama and Georgia, but would this just add too much time?
The second thing is the trip from Jacksonville to Key West – any suggestions about where we should stay? And would it be worth cutting Little Talbot Island down to one night?
Any advice would be very welcome!
Thanks,
Luke