Road trip to Vegas from Lousisiana

[Dakota Mon]

Hi All

I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.

What I plan is this...
(These times are rough estimates)

Day one
Leave Shreveport at 5:00am and arrive in Dallas about 8:30am
30 min break
Leave Dallas at about 9:00am and arrive at Odessa,TX at 3:00pm
30 min break
Leave Odessa at 3:30pm and arrive at El Paso at 7:00pm
30 min break
Leave El Paso at 7:30 pm and arrive at Phoenix at 12midnight

Day two
Leave Phoenix at 9:00am and arrive at Las Vegas at 3:00pm


Sound crazy? do-able? My other option is
to go from Shreveport to El Paso and then next day on to Vegas.
Alternative routes? Suggestions? Tips for travelling such a long
distance? Thanks in advance.

[C. Massey]

Post by Dakota Mon
Hi All
I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.
What I plan is this...
(These times are rough estimates)
Day one
Leave Shreveport at 5:00am and arrive in Dallas about 8:30am
30 min break
Leave Dallas at about 9:00am and arrive at Odessa,TX at 3:00pm
30 min break

<snip>

If you plan on being in Dallas around 8:30-9 AM, be prepared for some heavy
traffic! Personally, I would leave earlier and probably take I-20 through
the south end of town and through Arlington and Ft. Worth. Watch your speed
through Arlington. Ft. Worth shouldn't be a problem.

Check out http://speedtrap.org for info...

Have fun!

[BR Eagle]

Post by Dakota Mon
Hi All
I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.
What I plan is this...
(These times are rough estimates)
Day one
Leave Shreveport at 5:00am and arrive in Dallas about 8:30am
30 min break
Leave Dallas at about 9:00am and arrive at Odessa,TX at 3:00pm
30 min break
Leave Odessa at 3:30pm and arrive at El Paso at 7:00pm
30 min break
Leave El Paso at 7:30 pm and arrive at Phoenix at 12midnight
Day two
Leave Phoenix at 9:00am and arrive at Las Vegas at 3:00pm
Sound crazy? do-able? My other option is
to go from Shreveport to El Paso and then next day on to Vegas.
Alternative routes? Suggestions? Tips for travelling such a long
distance? Thanks in advance.

Shorter route would take you through Amarillo and across I 40 to US93.
This route would be about 1400 miles, and might take you 22-23
hours...doable in two days.

[d***@aol.com]

Don't do it. With the price of gas, it is cheaper to fly. Also, that
long a haul is so exhausting that you are going to ruin for first two
days in Vegas in a recovery phase.

Tom

Post by Dakota Mon
Hi All
I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.
What I plan is this...
(These times are rough estimates)
Day one
Leave Shreveport at 5:00am and arrive in Dallas about 8:30am
30 min break
Leave Dallas at about 9:00am and arrive at Odessa,TX at 3:00pm
30 min break
Leave Odessa at 3:30pm and arrive at El Paso at 7:00pm
30 min break
Leave El Paso at 7:30 pm and arrive at Phoenix at 12midnight
Day two
Leave Phoenix at 9:00am and arrive at Las Vegas at 3:00pm
Sound crazy? do-able? My other option is
to go from Shreveport to El Paso and then next day on to Vegas.
Alternative routes? Suggestions? Tips for travelling such a long
distance? Thanks in advance.

[BR Eagle]

Post by d***@aol.com
Don't do it. With the price of gas, it is cheaper to fly. Also, that
long a haul is so exhausting that you are going to ruin for first two
days in Vegas in a recovery phase.
Tom

You are exactly right. Even with a vehicle that gets great gas milage, you
can fly cheaper.
Tom musta took his smart pill this morning....

[d***@aol.com]

The only problem is that he is coming from Shreveport, which is about a
long equidistance from Dallas, Little Rock, and New Orleans. He
couldn't fly SWA out of Dallas to Vegas (stupid law), and would be
going in the opposite direction if he had to drive to N.O. Small town
predicament. I know--why not just stay and gamble in Shreveport--said
to have a grand casino in the Horseshoe among others????

Tom

Post by BR Eagle

Post by d***@aol.com
Don't do it. With the price of gas, it is cheaper to fly. Also, that
long a haul is so exhausting that you are going to ruin for first two
days in Vegas in a recovery phase.
Tom

You are exactly right. Even with a vehicle that gets great gas milage, you
can fly cheaper.
Tom musta took his smart pill this morning....

[s***@stargate.net]

Post by Dakota Mon
Hi All
I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.

I have made two cross country trips and both times I made
better time than I pre-planned. When your in an endless
wasteland of interstates the miles just roll off with
75 mph speed limits, it's easy to make 700 miles a day
without bring tired, unless you make a lot of stops.

dr. Baf

[j***@hotmail.com]

Post by Dakota Mon
Leave El Paso at 7:30 pm and arrive at Phoenix at 12midnight
Day two
Leave Phoenix at 9:00am and arrive at Las Vegas at 3:00pm

Find a hotel on the north side of Phoenix. Plenty of them right
alongside I-17. You want to avoid that morning commuter traffic.

Jerry

[Chuck.K]

Post by Dakota Mon
Hi All
I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.

You're NUTS!

I recently did that trip (Vegas to Florida and back), towing a
trailer with the bikes inside and drive long distances regularly.

As far as YOUR trip. It's 1400+ miles. 700-800 miles a day driving
alone is doable and SAFE.

Post by Dakota Mon
What I plan is this...
(These times are rough estimates)
Day one
Leave Shreveport at 5:00am and arrive in Dallas about 8:30am
30 min break
Leave Dallas at about 9:00am and arrive at Odessa,TX at 3:00pm
30 min break
Leave Odessa at 3:30pm and arrive at El Paso at 7:00pm
30 min break
Leave El Paso at 7:30 pm and arrive at Phoenix at 12midnight

1250 miles the first day is stone blind crazy.

Besides, you're better off on I-40 over I-10.

Post by Dakota Mon
Day two
Leave Phoenix at 9:00am and arrive at Las Vegas at 3:00pm
Sound crazy? do-able? My other option is
to go from Shreveport to El Paso and then next day on to Vegas.
Alternative routes?

Shreveport to Dallas, then I-44 to Oak City. I-40 west to either
Amarillo, or Albuquerque and check into a hotel. Next day, drive
through to Las Vegas.

Post by Dakota Mon
Suggestions?

Yes.... Have a good highway car or truck.

Post by Dakota Mon
Tips for travelling such a long distance?

Bring a small cooler for inside the car and another larger cooler for
the trunk (to store LOTS of ice and bottled water). Buy a case of
bottled water and drink lots of it. Have a Valentine One radar
detector. Go to AAA and get a "TripTic". They're worth their weight
in gold. Stop every 3 hours to take a pee and stretch. Fill your
gas tank whenever it gets to 3/4 empty (or whenever gas is cheap).
Bring MANY CD's (books on CD are a great way to pass the time), or
have a Satellite radio installed, or bring your 40GB I-pod.

Post by Dakota Mon
Thanks in advance.

It's an easy 2 day trip. Don't push your luck by trying to save a
few hours.

Chuck
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Sometimes you gotta go, where every Claven is insane!
Where every Cliffy post spawns flames
You gotta be where you can see, that Berman is still inane
You gotta be where Cliffy is still insane!

Cliffy Berman... the most OFF TOPIC poster in avlv.

[Eddy Grant]

Post by Dakota Mon
Hi All
I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.
What I plan is this...
(These times are rough estimates)
Day one
Leave Shreveport at 5:00am and arrive in Dallas about 8:30am
30 min break
Leave Dallas at about 9:00am and arrive at Odessa,TX at 3:00pm
30 min break
Leave Odessa at 3:30pm and arrive at El Paso at 7:00pm
30 min break
Leave El Paso at 7:30 pm and arrive at Phoenix at 12midnight
Day two
Leave Phoenix at 9:00am and arrive at Las Vegas at 3:00pm
Sound crazy? do-able? My other option is
to go from Shreveport to El Paso and then next day on to Vegas.
Alternative routes? Suggestions? Tips for travelling such a long
distance? Thanks in advance.

You must be a glutton for punishment taking the long way around.
From Shreveport you'd be better off going to the DFW area on I-20,
then northwest on US 287 (4 lanes) to Amarillo and then west on
I-40 to Kingman, AZ and then on US 93 to Las Vegas. You need at
least 2 full days to do it safely although you can manage in a
day and a half if you want. OKC to Las Vegas is 19 hours and
OKC to Shreveport is 6 hours ... however you can shortcut that a
little and without running a trip program that is the route
I'd recommend to you based on my familiarity with the routes you
mentioned. Also plan on the Texas portion of the trip in daytime to
avoid that state's dumb 65 mph night speed limit which IS
enforced. Most of those roads will be 70 mph daytime.

Eddy

[Sr.]

Post by Dakota Mon
Hi All
I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.
What I plan is this...
(These times are rough estimates)
Day one
Leave Shreveport at 5:00am and arrive in Dallas about 8:30am
30 min break
Leave Dallas at about 9:00am and arrive at Odessa,TX at 3:00pm
30 min break
Leave Odessa at 3:30pm and arrive at El Paso at 7:00pm
30 min break
Leave El Paso at 7:30 pm and arrive at Phoenix at 12midnight
Day two
Leave Phoenix at 9:00am and arrive at Las Vegas at 3:00pm
Sound crazy? do-able? My other option is
to go from Shreveport to El Paso and then next day on to Vegas.
Alternative routes? Suggestions? Tips for travelling such a long
distance? Thanks in advance.

[Sr.]

Post by Dakota Mon
Hi All
I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.
What I plan is this...
(These times are rough estimates)
Day one
Leave Shreveport at 5:00am and arrive in Dallas about 8:30am
30 min break
Leave Dallas at about 9:00am and arrive at Odessa,TX at 3:00pm
30 min break
Leave Odessa at 3:30pm and arrive at El Paso at 7:00pm
30 min break
Leave El Paso at 7:30 pm and arrive at Phoenix at 12midnight
Day two
Leave Phoenix at 9:00am and arrive at Las Vegas at 3:00pm
Sound crazy? do-able? My other option is
to go from Shreveport to El Paso and then next day on to Vegas.
Alternative routes? Suggestions? Tips for travelling such a long
distance? Thanks in advance.

[Burnham Treezdown]

Post by Dakota Mon
Hi All
I need some advice on if this is do-able or not. This summer I plan on
driving from Shreveport, Louisiana to Las Vegas and....doing it in one
and a half days.
What I plan is this...
(These times are rough estimates)
Day one
Leave Shreveport at 5:00am and arrive in Dallas about 8:30am
30 min break
Leave Dallas at about 9:00am and arrive at Odessa,TX at 3:00pm
30 min break
Leave Odessa at 3:30pm and arrive at El Paso at 7:00pm
30 min break
Leave El Paso at 7:30 pm and arrive at Phoenix at 12midnight
Day two
Leave Phoenix at 9:00am and arrive at Las Vegas at 3:00pm
Sound crazy? do-able? My other option is
to go from Shreveport to El Paso and then next day on to Vegas.
Alternative routes? Suggestions? Tips for travelling such a long
distance? Thanks in advance.

So Mr. Sr, do you have something to say or not?

[tom ronson]

Post by Burnham Treezdown
So Mr. Sr, do you have something to say or not?

this MUST be a trick question.

--tr





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So Mr. Sr, do you have something to say or not?

this MUST be a trick question.
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So Mr. Sr, do you have something to say or not?

this MUST be a trick question.
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Post by Burnham Treezdown
So Mr. Sr, do you have something to say or not?

this MUST be a trick question.

=


Here it is again! Mr. Sr. keeps posting replies without writing
anything...

Must have loaded his keyboard with invisible ink.

Somebody make him stop!

[Sr.]

Post by Burnham Treezdown

Post by tom ronson

Post by Burnham Treezdown
So Mr. Sr, do you have something to say or not?

this MUST be a trick question.

=
Here it is again! Mr. Sr. keeps posting replies without writing
anything...
Must have loaded his keyboard with invisible ink.
Somebody make him stop!

[Sr.]

Post by Burnham Treezdown

Post by tom ronson

Post by Burnham Treezdown
So Mr. Sr, do you have something to say or not?

this MUST be a trick question.

=
Here it is again! Mr. Sr. keeps posting replies without writing
anything...
Must have loaded his keyboard with invisible ink.
Somebody make him stop!

[tom ronson]

Post by Burnham Treezdown
Here it is again! Mr. Sr. keeps posting replies without writing
anything...

That can be said for 100 percent of his posts --- all caps or not. ;)

Post by Burnham Treezdown
Must have loaded his keyboard with invisible ink.

Nope. Just his inner most thoughts.

Post by Burnham Treezdown
Somebody make him stop!

We've tried -- to no avail. The best bet, as pointed out frequently here,
killfile the fish.

--tr





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[Sr.]

We've tried -- to no avail. The best bet, as pointed out frequently here,

Post by tom ronson
killfile the fish.

BUY ALL MEENS...I'M SERIOUSLEE THIONKING ABOUT MAKING HIM MY VERY FURST
KILLFILE!!! ONLY DRAWBACK, HE IS THE BEECUN OF TRUTH IN THIS FORUM AND
POSSIBULLY THE ONLY ONE WIFF A CENTS OF HUMER!!!! NAW-CUNVINCED MESELF TO
KNOT KILLFILE HIM!!! HE'S JUST TWO NICE A FELLA TOO DEW THAT TWO!!! HE
SEEMS TO BE KILLFILED BUY EVERBUTTY IN HEAR NOW-ORE SEW THEY SAY!!!
=SEN0UR TR0UT=

Post by tom ronson

Post by Burnham Treezdown
Here it is again! Mr. Sr. keeps posting replies without writing
anything...

That can be said for 100 percent of his posts --- all caps or not. ;)

Post by Burnham Treezdown
Must have loaded his keyboard with invisible ink.

Nope. Just his inner most thoughts.

Post by Burnham Treezdown
Somebody make him stop!

We've tried -- to no avail. The best bet, as pointed out frequently here,
killfile the fish.
--tr
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Post by Sr.
BUY ALL MEENS...I'M SERIOUSLEE THIONKING ABOUT MAKING HIM MY VERY FURST
KILLFILE!!! ONLY DRAWBACK, HE IS THE BEECUN OF TRUTH IN THIS FORUM AND
POSSIBULLY THE ONLY ONE WIFF A CENTS OF HUMER!!!! NAW-CUNVINCED MESELF TO
KNOT KILLFILE HIM!!! HE'S JUST TWO NICE A FELLA TOO DEW THAT TWO!!! HE
SEEMS TO BE KILLFILED BUY EVERBUTTY IN HEAR NOW-ORE SEW THEY SAY!!!
=SEN0UR TR0UT=

Oh, I see you went to Arizona State....

[Sr.]

NO...IN TEXAS AT THE MOMENT...
=SEN0UR TR0UT=

Post by Burnham Treezdown

Post by Sr.
BUY ALL MEENS...I'M SERIOUSLEE THIONKING ABOUT MAKING HIM MY VERY FURST
KILLFILE!!! ONLY DRAWBACK, HE IS THE BEECUN OF TRUTH IN THIS FORUM AND
POSSIBULLY THE ONLY ONE WIFF A CENTS OF HUMER!!!! NAW-CUNVINCED MESELF TO
KNOT KILLFILE HIM!!! HE'S JUST TWO NICE A FELLA TOO DEW THAT TWO!!! HE
SEEMS TO BE KILLFILED BUY EVERBUTTY IN HEAR NOW-ORE SEW THEY SAY!!!
=SEN0UR TR0UT=

Oh, I see you went to Arizona State....

[H Pine]

Post by Burnham Treezdown

Post by Sr.
BUY ALL MEENS...I'M SERIOUSLEE THIONKING ABOUT MAKING HIM MY VERY FURST
KILLFILE!!! ONLY DRAWBACK, HE IS THE BEECUN OF TRUTH IN THIS FORUM AND
POSSIBULLY THE ONLY ONE WIFF A CENTS OF HUMER!!!! NAW-CUNVINCED MESELF TO
KNOT KILLFILE HIM!!! HE'S JUST TWO NICE A FELLA TOO DEW THAT TWO!!! HE
SEEMS TO BE KILLFILED BUY EVERBUTTY IN HEAR NOW-ORE SEW THEY SAY!!!
=SEN0UR TR0UT=

Oh, I see you went to Arizona State....

Nah.....looks like he attended Two-lane