Directions for Dummies.....

[whiteyfunn]

:clap_1: Same way we have been going for the past 3-4 yrs. Used to go through Georgianna, but this seems to be much quicker, and the old houses in some of the communities you go through are just beautiful. Not much scenery if you go the I-65 Georgianna route.

More turns on the I-65 route but I've got it down. Better gas stations (which is very important), more eating options, better quality roads, etc.

 

[jessifunn]

More turns on the I-65 route but I've got it down. Better gas stations (which is very important), more eating options, better quality roads, etc.

all you think of is gas stations. can you say freak!!

 

[whiteyfunn]

all you think of is gas stations. can you say freak!!

I was talking about the cleanliness of the bathrooms. And maybe even the fountain drinks! You're the freak!

 

[Kimmifunn]

I was talking about the cleanliness of the bathrooms. And maybe even the fountain drinks! You're the freak!

Gas stations contain many amazing things. You just gotta keep your peepers open.

 

[Lady D]

When we came from Memphis last year we took 65 from Birmingham and stayed on 65 past Montgomery and exited off 106 at Georgiana and then got onto Hwy 55 and took it all the way past Andalusia and then to Florala where we picked up 331 the rest of the way to 98. It cut off an hour of our time. Might have been a little farther mileage wise but was a good highway to travel. Will do it again the next time we come.

 

[scrltbegonya]

When we came from Memphis last year we took 65 from Birmingham and stayed on 65 past Montgomery and exited off 106 at Georgiana and then got onto Hwy 55 and took it all the way past Andalusia and then to Florala where we picked up 331 the rest of the way to 98. It cut off an hour of our time. Might have been a little farther mileage wise but was a good highway to travel. Will do it again the next time we come.

That is the way I always go. No Luverne, no Brantley, no Opp or Opp Bypass...

 

[aquaticbiology]

oh no! no paint-peeling Luvurrrrn, or the silly half-mile of 25 mph up to the traffic light in Brantley?

Jeepers!

It simply wouldn't have been a trip to Florida without the quaint childhood memories of screaming "its Freddy Kreuger! AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" while pointing at people in Luvern out of the open windows trying to smell the salt air, or my dad peeling out at the Brantley traffic light but keeping it well under 25mph (or was that Freeport)

 

[Lady D]

We got gas at Cowboys just outside of Birmingham. Gas prices there were the best we had seen along our entire trip. Very nice store!

 

[gilesdad]

Here's what Mapquest.com came up with when I entered the two routes.
It looks like it's pretty much a wash. 2.5 hours whichever route you take. We've always gone with 331 south out of Montgomery straight to the beach. They seem to be making longer and longer stretches of it 4 lane now (2 each way) so it's not too bad.
We'll be staying in one of the Topsail Hill Preserve cottages in August. We've never been there but it does look pretty nice, and quieter than the main drag.
Grayton has gotten too busy, so we stayed at Gulf Place the last few times.
Now we'll try escaping into the woods. Anyone been to Topsail Hill?


Montgomery, AL. to Georgiana, AL. (I-65)
Total Est. Distance: 61.32 miles
Total Est. Time: 1 hour, 1 minute
&
Georgiana, AL. to Florala, AL. (AL-55)
Total Est. Distance: 57.03 miles
Total Est. Time: 1 hour, 38 minutes

Total Combined time= 2 hr 39 minutes
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Montgomery, AL. to Florala, AL. (US-331)
Total Est. Distance: 105.14 miles

Total Est. Time: 2 hours, 31 minutes

 

[Miss Kitty]

gilesdad! Is that your precious in your avatar?