Posible I & I? Ox Ranch, Texas

[DB]

So, is it to be Spring Break or Hurricane Season?

[Harold Jones]

I'm going to vote for October.

[Allan W]

October 2019? That works for me.

[DB]

I concur.

[Allan W]

 

Here's the proposed itinerary from the aborted 2017 gulf coast I&I. At least for me it would have been arrive in New Orleans depart home from Orlando.

 

Day 0 Arrive New Orleans

Day 1 WW2 Museum and Battle of New Orleans Battlefied, overnight in Baton Rouge

Day 2 USS Kidd, 10:00-12:00 3 hours to Mobile overnight Mobile

Day 3 USS Alabama 9-1, Fort Morgan 1-4 1 hour to Pensacola overnight in Pensacola

Day 4 Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum 9-2 6 hours to Orlando

Day 5 Kennedy Space flight center 1 hour east of Orlando

Day 6 Depart

 

Based on my trip to the area last December, I would suggest a minor change. I would recommend 2 nights in the Mobile area, perhaps Orange Beach. That gives easy access to Fort Morgan, the USS Alabama and the Pensacola naval air museum. I don't think there's any point in overnighting in Pensacola, as that would only knock an hour off of the drive to Orlando.

[Harold Jones]

Yeah that makes sense.

[Leo Niehorster]

October 2019 sounds fine to me. I also like the itinerary West — East.

(I bought an iphone, so now I can keep up with the joint news.)

[DB]

Next steps are specific dates, then hotels, then transport arrangements, I guess.

 

I have no limitations for October at this time.

[sunday]

Seems October is it. Shall we looking for accomodations on high-ish ground? Just in case a hurricane decides to join us.

[Harold Jones]

We'll be mobile so we can always divert to high ground if needed. I'd say we can agree on a hotel for the stay in New Orleans and we can just take pot luck on the rest. There are plenty of roadside motels and October isn't really the high season so availability shouldn't be an issue. Going to arbitrarily pick 10/18 for day 0. Depart from Orlando is pretty much just my plan. Those of not of Sam can plan on returning to New Orleans, we could also skip Orlando altogether and head back for more days in and around New Orleans. This is where the local talent can help out regarding stuff to do and see like local RR museums and the like.

 

Fri 10/18 Day 0 Arrive New Orleans

Sat 10/19 Day 1 WW2 Museum and Battle of New Orleans Battlefield, overnight in Baton Rouge

Sun 10/20 Day 2 USS Kidd, 10:00-12:00 3 hours to Mobile overnight Mobile

Mon 10/21 Day 3 USS Alabama 9-1, Fort Morgan 1-4 overnight in Mobile

Tue 10/22 Day 4 1 hour to Pensacola Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum 9-? 6 hours to Orlando

Wed 10/23 Day 5 Kennedy Space flight center 1 hour east of Orlando

Thur 10/24 Day 6 Depart

[Stargrunt6]

How about some range time? Those not of Sam would appreciate it.

[sunday]

How about some range time? Those not of Sam would appreciate it.

 

Indeed. It would be nicer with reasonably low cost of ammo.

Edited November 21, 2018 by sunday

[Markus Becker]

Late October/Early November should work for me.

I was off by a month. Its late September to early October but I should be able to push that into October.

 

PS: "not of Sam"???

Edited November 22, 2018 by Markus Becker

[sunday]

 

Late October/Early November should work for me.

I was off by a month. Its late September to early October but I should be able to push that into October.

 

PS: "not of Sam"???

 

 

Oh, another one fo those Sports that has not tanked for Sam, and was not paid a bonus.

[shep854]

Sounds promising! I should be able to bring a couple of blasters along.

[Harold Jones]

"Not of Sam" is tanknetese for those people not blessed to be part of Uncle Sam's family. The next step above that are those who "Tanked for Sam" and of course the pinnacle is having been "Paided a Bonus" to do it.

[Allan W]

If some people want range time, it might make sense to see if it can be done in the Mobile area. Theres lots to do for anyone who doesnt want to partake. I would probably visit Fort Gaines.

[Allan W]

Ive been to Fort Morgan and its not a 3 hour visit even for tanknetters, its 90 mins at most. On the other hand, Pensacola is probably worth as much time as the Udvar Hazy Museum in Washington (I.e. most of a day) so we may not want to combine that with a 6 1/2 hour drive to Orlando afterwards.

[shep854]

Orlando will be out for me, but I can shoot for a NOLA linkup, then head home after Pensacola. Mon/Tues in Mobile and Pcola for sure, this far out.

[Harold Jones]

I'm fine with dropping Orlando altogether, although I'm not sure what else, if anything we should replace it with. Allocating a full day for the Aviation Museum won't hurt, although I think we actually left Udvar Hazy before closing time.

[Allan W]

I will probably aim to end up in Orlando anyway as Lisa and I have a tentative plan to meet there and spend a couple of days in mouseland.

[Allan W]

I'm fine with dropping Orlando altogether, although I'm not sure what else, if anything we should replace it with. Allocating a full day for the Aviation Museum won't hurt, although I think we actually left Udvar Hazy before closing time.

 

Mobile has Fort Morgan, Fort Gaines, the USS Alabama and easy access to Pensacola. For anyone coming from Europe, Orlando has the advantage of lots of options for direct flights home as opposed to trying to fly home from Mobile or Pensacola.

[sunday]

To fit a visit to Ox Ranch does not look practical. It's 2 hours away from San Antonio by road, however the trek to NOLA is 10 hours, so an additional flight should be needed, and San Antonio International Airport only connects to Toronto and some Mexican airports.

[shep854]

To fit a visit to Ox Ranch does not look practical. It's 2 hours away from San Antonio by road, however the trek to NOLA is 10 hours, so an additional flight should be needed, and San Antonio International Airport only connects to Toronto and some Mexican airports.

Yes, the OXPLAN seems to be a no-go. The Gulf Coast Campaign turns out to be much more practical.

[Stargrunt6]

Brought to you by Mission Creep! I went to the Pensacola Air Museum a year ago. it's immense. I never knew the Navy had so many planes.