Re: [A/S] Louisiana Roads

[<pcfranke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Have you thought of crossing the Mississippi at Natchez and going cross
>Louisiana through Alexandria and Leesville and coming into Texas near
>Jasper. Pretty country.

Yes, have tried that, and agree the country is pretty.  After a few rough spots in Vidalia, US-84 and LA-28 were nice and smooth until we 
got to a point about 12 mi east of Leesville, where the pavement became uneven just like I-10.  The uneven pavement continued on LA-8 
to the state line, another 20 miles.  Or if one takes US-171 out of Leesville to US-190, that pavement also is bad.  Not as long as I-10, but 
we  would like to do better.

>We two laned across Texas to avoid I 10 

We two-lane across TX also, but it is more to avoid the Houston metroplex.  The I-10 pavement in TX is a whole lot smoother than in LA.

>73 leads to Winnie and there you can go to the Bolivar Peninsula and cross
>on the ferry (free) to Galveston. 

A fun routing, but too far out of our way -- we were headed for the Livingston-Huntsville-Brenham area.  And it still doesn't get us across 
LA in one piece.

2/3/2005 10:33:18 AM, Roze <ezor7@yahoo.com> wrote:

>As a native of Louisiana sadly the back roads are
>often superior to the interstate. 

Certainly some of the two laners in LA are nice and smooth.  But too many are no better than I-10.  We would like to find a routing that is 
fairly smooth clear across the state -- why shake a vintage coach to pieces?

          -- Lew #4239

'72 Safari
Luxuriating in Brenham