Itinerary

The Details

Overall Miles and Cost:

 At 3.75 a gallon in my 2003 Toyota Corolla driving a total of 1320 miles , I can expect to spend $165 dollars in gas. Allowing myself $100 every night of hotel stay, and $40 dollars a day on food and drink,  that equal $765 total cost of food, stay, and travel. Given the randomness of travel expenses, I've decided to set aside $1,000 dollars even for the trip. Go big or go home!

Day one:
May 1st,
Austin, TX to Ruston, LA
395 miles
7hours


9:00 a.m.- Head out from Austin, stopping at my favorite local area breakfast and coffee shop: http://www.danceofthemuses.org/MotherPacha/Welcome.html on the way out, hitting I-35 and beginning my journal to Ruston, L.A.

1:00 p.m.- Stop for a quick lunch in Tyler Tx at http://www.stanleyspitbbq.com/. 

4:00 p.m. Arrive in Ruston, LA (see details in Ruston Page)


Day Two:
May 2nd
Ruston, LA to Oxford, Mississippi
289 miles
5 hours

10 a.m. -   Grab breakfast and check out of Ruston and begin my journey to the land of Faulkner.

3:00 p.m. - Arrive in Oxford! Check in to hotel and begin my exploration


Day Three:
May 3rd,
Oxford, Mississippi to Memphis, Tennessee
 85 miles
1 1/2 hours

9:00 a.m. Wake up early to get a start on seeing all the things I want in Oxford. It is only an hour and a half to Memphis, so I have lots of time to see the sites.

2:00 p.m.  Leave Oxford and head for Memphis!

3:30 p.m. - Hit Memphis! Begin to check out the sites.



Day Four
May 4th
Memphis Tennessee
0 miles


10:00 a.m. Wake up and continue to explore the Memphis in May festival. Crashing here again for the night.


Day Five
May 5th
Memphis, Tennessee to Conroe, TX with a stop in Jacksonville, Arkansas
550 miles
12 and a half hours (including the stop in Arkansas)

 
9:00 a.m. - Check out from the crazy cool time of Memphis in May and begin the journey home!


11:15 a.m. - Arrive in Jacksonville, Arkansas


1:15 p.m - Leave Arkansas for Conroe,TX

 9:30 p.m. - Arrive in my hometown and where my family reside, Conroe, with a homemade meal ready.


I will conclude my trip by hanging out in my hometown for a few days, doing something the Bundrens never quite figured out how to do: enjoying family.