which way to go from Florida to Wisconsin

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we are heading out on Thursday am and we can go 75 to 24 thru georgia to tennessee, or we can go 75 to 10 and go up thru alabama to nashville. we are concerned about the storms, and if we have to we will wait til Friday morning. we are having trouble figuring out the weather patterns for days in advance. It takes us 4 to 5 hours to get to I10 in Florida, and the route thru Alabama is a longer route, but we think Georgia is going to have storms all Thursday. Any advice from those that live in the mentioned areas.

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My brother lives in Atlanta, and they are expecting thunderstorms all afternoon tomorrow.

When you say I10 and through Alabama, I assume you would get off east of Pensacola and go up through Flomaton to catch I65? Birmingham weather says their rain should end by 10 am tomorrow.

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thanks, we sometimes go to dothan and drive over to Birmingham or Montgomery.

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We have been having what they will be having, and we have had no problems driving in it.

DW hates the Dothan/Birmingham route.

All alternatives seem like they take forever, but when we do it the good news is that we will not be doing it again for awhile . . . not like going for a week or two.

DW said she/we would never drive straight through, never, never, ever again. Then she did coming north last month. For us the key is to start early, about 3 AM, and just do it. It takes until about 11 PM.

I worked with a guy from Chicago at the golf course in FL a couple years, you know the one, and I was surprised that he had about the same drive to Chicago, but on better roads all the way, than we do.

Your drive is a little longer, 22 hours and 6 minutes through Atlanta and 23 hours 27 minutes through Birmingham. Ours is 18 hours 57 minutes, but takes 20 hours.

Atlanta doesn't bother us like it used to, but we do manage the time of day we hit it. It's nice that they have lane markings in addition to the overhead signs, which can be confusing. Nashville is a bitch, too, but it's only 15 minutes if you take Briley Parkway instead of the interstate through town.

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ron does not rive as fast as most people; it takes forever

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ron does not rive as fast as most people; it takes forever

Taking notes on every bird?



On the way down last December, we did not get that 3 AM start. I drove as far as a gas station some place north of Tampa at dark-thirty. My co-pilot woke up while we were there. I said something like, "If you want, you can drive the rest of the way, I really don't care. But, consider me no longer a part of this effort."

She got us there.

Then, I came back north straight through, by myself, and she did, too.

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youth has its benefits

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youth has its benefits

Sure, I'll tell her.

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North

Have a safe trip

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late start, terrible storms, cooler fell out of back of van and landed on husband's leg, huge contusion, only made it to southern georgia

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late start, terrible storms, cooler fell out of back of van and landed on husband's leg, huge contusion, only made it to southern georgia

In other words, a normal day.

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this is trip from hell
today I saw two different cars in flames, the second one the family was walking away from the car with a baby in a car seat. thank goodness they were able to get out in time. we had to drive two extra hours to find a hotel room, graduation in bowling green, and continued problems in every town til we got to Louisville.

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Yes, it's been miserable up here today - it was even snowing this morning.

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Yes, it's been miserable up here today - it was even snowing this morning.

very cold weather for mid may. after 8 months in florida, we were not ready for it.

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very cold weather for mid may. after 8 months in florida, we were not ready for it.

We're getting a little cold front tonight.
It's in the 60's in Orlando and here in Miami it's 70 right now.
It's been raining on and off all week but today was nicer.
Stay safe out there Pat.