re: Wife and I decided to make Green Bay a road trip!

Posted by GeorgeWest

Baton Rouge

Member since Nov 2013

13083 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 5:55 pm to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

We are leaving tomorrow. My goal is to NOT drive on an Interstate highway for the next 2 weeks! Backroads it is. We're staying at a B&B on a beach on Lake Michigan 30+ miles due east of GBay.

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Posted by HarrisLetsRide

Member since Jan 2015

1481 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 6:00 pm to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

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Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

Good for you man

I'm 36 and old as frick....your trip sounds exhausting and terrifying. I would never be this spontaneous

Posted by Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

Prairieville

Member since Jan 2007

2149 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 6:30 pm to GeorgeWest

I wanted to do that. We just didn't have enough vacation to do it. Wanted to drive through Dubuque Iowa. I work up there sometimes and I think it's such a cool little city pass through and see.
Yea, I am 34 wife is 31. No kids yet. Figured if we were going to be spontaneous, this is our chance!

Posted by chity

Chicago, Il

Member since Dec 2008

6080 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 6:38 pm to ShermanTxTiger

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It is a brutal drive through Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois

I use to do this and you are correct. I found St. Louis a nice diversion. It is a little out of the way, But there are great Italian restaurants ( on the hill ) and some good sites.

Posted by choke

Member since Dec 2015

790 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 7:17 pm to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

Is she hot?

Posted by Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

Prairieville

Member since Jan 2007

2149 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 7:20 pm to choke

Ha-ha. Well, I think so....she is my wife.

And no....no pic's!

This post was edited on 8/26/16 at 7:21 pm

Posted by Nissanmaxima

Member since Feb 2006

14928 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 7:24 pm to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

Dude good for y'all that will be a freaking awesome arse trip!!

If you got the time there is nothing like driving! See the country because you can't see it by air. No one wants to drive any longer.

This post was edited on 8/26/16 at 7:26 pm

Posted by CharlesLSU

Member since Jan 2007

31894 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:19 pm to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

Be careful speeding through construction zones in Illinois. The cameras are the same as cops by statute. Fines are huge.

Posted by Mariner

Mandeville, LA

Member since Jul 2009

1938 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 8:46 pm to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

I'm driving as well and leaving Tuesday, but will stop in Chicago on the way back.

Posted by Broham

Crowley

Member since Feb 2005

18387 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:03 pm to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

Why would you wanna drive that far? That's fricking miserable to me.

Posted by Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

Prairieville

Member since Jan 2007

2149 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:31 pm to Broham

I love to drive. Really do. I like to see parts of the country. Although I have been all over IL and it's all corn fields besides Chicago.
My wife is from Estonia. And she has traveled all over Europe, but not really the U.S. I want her to see the country a little. We have been to NY and Tampa, but we flew. Longest trip was Gatlinburg. So I figure this is a good trip to do that.

Posted by calitiger

Uptown New Orleans

Member since Jan 2004

2363 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:35 pm to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

You're a count.

Posted by Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

Prairieville

Member since Jan 2007

2149 posts

Posted on 8/26/16 at 9:37 pm to calitiger

Awesome. Thanks for stopping in and giving us great insight.

Posted by ShermanTxTiger

Broussard, La

Member since Oct 2007

10853 posts

Posted on 8/27/16 at 12:02 am to chity

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But there are great Italian restaurants ( on the hill

The Hill has some of the best Italian food I have ever had. Highly recommended

Posted by Jimmy2shoes

The South

Member since Mar 2014

11004 posts

Posted on 8/27/16 at 8:28 am to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

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Wife has never been to Beale Street

Prepare her to be underwhelmed!

Posted by Gold Tiger

Lafayette, LA

Member since Nov 2008

785 posts

Posted on 8/27/16 at 8:29 pm to Abikaasa_Posti_Teel

You can easily make it way past Memphis if you're coming from Baton Rouge. I live in Lafayette and made it to Marion, Illinois in one day. You can easily get to Green Bay the next day. But Memphis would be nice to enjoy some BBQ and take more time.

Posted by vl100butch

Ridgeland, MS

Member since Sep 2005

34652 posts

Posted on 8/27/16 at 8:49 pm to Gold Tiger

I go to Illinois a lot for work, Jackson to Chicago can be done in a long day....although boring, Memphis to Chicago isn't a bad drive...

Posted by Elecloux7

Member since Aug 2016

3 posts

Posted on 8/27/16 at 10:57 pm to GeorgeWest

If your staying in Algoma, get breakfast at Cafe Tlazo. Great food and great coffee! But beware, Temps can be 15 degrees cooler along lake michigan than 10 miles inland depending if the wind is coming off of the lake that day. (coming from a UW grad that grew up right near where you are staying).