The Great Gulf Of Mexico Deep South Road Trip

It’s almost here. Our epic American road trip.  

We decided to fork out for the flights to America for a holiday this year - myself and Kirsty - but we didn’t just to want to go to one place. We wanted to do something really worthwhile, really memorable.  

So we’re not just visiting one place. We’ve visiting dozens. And we’re not just staying in one state, we’ll be seeing five.  

From Florida to Texas, by way of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.  

We want to sample as much of the local culture as possible, try as many different foods as we can (we’re likely to return of few stones heavier) and see as many different cool and unusual sights as we can. And we’re probably going to be touristy as well of course- it’s kind of obligatory.  

I’m writing this blog not to rub it in - the weather is horrendous and summer is pretty much dead and gone yes - but I don’t want to gloat. (not much anyway!).  

No, this blog is so that you can follow our road trip, share our experiences, and hopefully, make some recommendations too! If you’ve been to this area before, or know anything about it, then please do share with us - tips, tricks, best places to visit - we want to know!  

And if you’re in the area, or know anyone in the area, then let us know too! We’d love to meet up with some locals and have them show us the sights.  

I’m also writing this blog so that any of my clients here know I’m not going to be around for a couple of weeks, so make the most of me while you can! And who knows, I might even pick up some new copywriting clients in the US too. That’d be, as they say over there, awesome.  

Our journey begins at Manchester Airport this coming Saturday - no doubt I’ll have some tales to tell and moaning to do about our experiences flying and with security there. Then, it’s down to Bradenton in Florida, before we drive all the way up the West Florida coast to Tallahassee. 

We stay overnight in Tallahassee, then it’s along the Panhandle coast through Panama City, and into Pensacola or Alabama Gulf Shores. We’re not sure whether to stay in Pensacola, or Orange Beach, AL. yet, so if you know anything about the area, do speak up! 

From there, it’s through Mobile, to Biloxi, and into the Big Easy - New Orleans. Or NOLA as the locals apparently call it. That would be an experience any time of the year, but we just so happen to be arriving in time for Southern Decadence - their big gay pride event! There will be some interesting sights to say the least.  

After New Orleans, it’s through the Cajun Swamps, up to Baton Rouge, and around to Houston, Texas. We’ll visit family there, do some sightseeing and travelling around, and then, it’s into Texas proper, to San Antonio and Austin. Back to Houston, and homeward bound.  

10 days. 1,603 miles. $275 in petrol. 1, hopefully incredible, trip.  

Wish us luck.  

And don’t forget to watch this space for regular blogs (though they may be after the fact) about our trip!