re: For people driving to Omaha

Posted by tigermike200444

baton rouge

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Posted on 6/2/09 at 9:29 pm to LSUzealot

so 15 hours would be great i think.

Posted by BayouTigers4Life

Chi-town

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Posted on 6/2/09 at 11:30 pm to airliq

I drove from BTR to Seattle and I hate to break it to ya there is not too many scenic places till Omaha.. you have drive much further like into Wyoming and Montana to find awesome scenery. Like the other poster said the Ozark mountains in NW Ark are pretty scenic but I was driving late evening to see anything. If you really wanna do something along the way you can take the side roads and you'd drive thru a lot of cotton fields and corn fields. And the interstate in Iowa was absolutely horrible.

Posted by Nebraskatiger

Omaha,Nebraska

Member since Aug 2006

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Posted on 6/3/09 at 3:26 am to BayouTigers4Life

Stop off in Nebraska City 50 minutes from Omaha and visit the liedcenter.org and spend the night you will not be disappointed

Posted by Nebraskatiger

Omaha,Nebraska

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152 posts

Posted on 6/3/09 at 3:30 am to Nebraskatiger

Sorry Liedlodge.org

Posted by donnie052768

Louisiana

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553 posts

Posted on 6/3/09 at 3:40 am to airliq

I would probably take the route that had the most Hooters on it. That is the best scenic route I can think of.

Posted by Joe Banks

Waponi Woo

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Posted on 6/3/09 at 5:04 am to donnie052768

quote:
good lord you consider this scenic

Compared to Prairieville, Yes!

Posted by chackbay

the bay area, la.

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Posted on 6/3/09 at 6:54 am to Joe Banks

i know the royals are home against Cincy fri nite

Posted by LSUTygerFan

Homerun Village

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Posted on 6/3/09 at 8:45 am to airliq

Nice to see some helpful info here. Pending a Tiger super victory this weekend, I may be making this same drive.

This post was edited on 6/3/09 at 10:59 am

Posted by LSUTygerFan

Homerun Village

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Posted on 6/3/09 at 10:59 am to LSUTygerFan

Google maps shows I-55 to St. Louis then I-70 to Kansas City then I-29 to Omaha.

Does this sound like the quickest route? Anyone ever use this route?

Posted by chackbay

the bay area, la.

Member since Jan 2004

1745 posts

Posted on 6/3/09 at 11:14 am to LSUTygerFan

that's the way i went in 2000. 16.5 hours from the bay area [rolling]. The way back home seems like forever......

Posted by N.O. via West-Cal

New Orleans

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7178 posts

Posted on 6/3/09 at 11:50 am to Joe Banks

"Not true my friend. Get to Shreveport and head up the Western end of Arky or Eastern end of Okie and it gets pretty scenic. There is a couple of different routes to take. Just depends how much time you have on your hands."

I did some version of this coming back from Omaha and it was quite scenic. Unfortuately, our timing was bad so that a lot of the Ozarks portion was at night.