When Is Everyone Heading to Jacksonville?
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Flying out of LEX Thursday at 3:40pm and get into JAX at 7:08. Hoping to make it for the tail end of the welcome party for the team that starts at 7pm. They are showing the BB game after the party. Flying back home Saturday night after the game.
Driving down Friday morning. Should be there around 5 pm. I do believe this will be one crazy New Years Eve! :football::beer:
Go ahead and move that return flight back a day... victory party alll nightttt
Fly out of Knoxville to Orlando on the 29th.. have a friend there we're staying with. Fly back NYD.
Have driven LEX ---> Greenville (right down 85 from Spartanburg) so many times it isn't funny. My best time is 5 hours, 2 minutes into Greenville. You can really hit the hammer on 40 between Knoxville and the Smokies - that's where I make the most time. That and having driven 40 that much, I could do it in my sleep I tend to fly through the mountains.
The water in the springs and their immediate rivers are crystal clear, so you could likely see what's coming!
I tubed the Itchetucknee twice this year. I grew up swimming & snorkeling & kayaking most of the springs and rivers in North Central Florida, though there are a lot more alligators today than when I was young. I have to be careful golfing due to the big lizards in the water hazards.
I live near the Withlachoochee and the worst moment of my life was falling into a bunch of cotton mouths. Never got out of the water so fast in my life. Good thing I was young when it happened. Today I would be a dead man.The water in the springs and their immediate rivers are crystal clear, so you could likely see what's coming!
I tubed the Itchetucknee twice this year. I grew up swimming & snorkeling & kayaking most of the springs and rivers in North Central Florida, though there are a lot more alligators today than when I was young. I have to be careful golfing due to the big lizards in the water hazards.
Leaving 2am Friday and meeting family in Jacksonville. They left out yesterday. Coming back on 1/8. Should be a good trip.
We are going through NC to avoid Atlanta. Friends drove through there Monday and said it was a mess.
I know it's not the end all in travel but AAA took me through South/North Carolina. I avoid Nashville and Atlanta that way.
Sadly, Atlanta traffic has been much better than usual the last week or so because schools are out and people are taking vacations. However, I live on the north side and am dreading driving all the way through on my trip to Jax on Friday morning.
Leaving from Louisville at 4 AM Thursday morning. Should be in Jacksonville around 3 - 3:30, just in time to check in and do a little brewery hopping before settling in to watch the UK/Ole Miss game somewhere.
We live in Louisville and as the crow flies, probably makes more sense to do the Nashville / Atlanta route, but doing the NC /SC to avoid any complications or slowdowns.
Same here. This will be my first time heading to Florida that way.
I was also told to look at taking HWY 25 out of Corbin. It comes out just past Knoxville. Anyone know about that route?
My Dad and I will be heading down Friday. Thanks to Brady James.
Sorry to break it to you but if you are driving South this time of year "there ain't no easy way". The wave of Snowbirds who wait until after Christmas are now coming to Florida and fans of other schools are also driving to bowl games. Add in every Southbound truck in America and you have a traffic nightmare. Drive safely and keep up with the traffic. If you poke along or hesitate an 18 wheeler will run over you. Happened to my first cousin in October.
Thursday driving from Charleston SC staying at Ameilia Island with eighteen others should be fun.
I tell people that I've always been more concerned with Cottonmouths than gators. I've found myself in a canoe in a nest/ball of them where a tree branch dipped into the water. In trying to get out of there I partially fell out of the canoe but never got wet. Fear will allow one to perform unimaginable feats sometimes.
Driving up on Friday, should be there by 5 p.m. for an overnight stay. What's the tailgate plans for an 11 a.m. game? Bloodymary's?
Friday morning at 3am with my son. He was born in Jacksonville in '91 and we still have some relatives there. It will be his first trip to the Gator Bowl...he's pumped.
Brought the wife down X-mas night to Ponte Vedre for the week on the beach. Transferring to downtown hotel Friday for Bowl Game
Sounds about right. You should make it in time for the pep rally at the Landings followed by the light boat parade down the St John's
Hotel is in Southbank, so pep rally across river should be an easy do. Thinking maybe a boat ride to stadium on Saturday morning is something we can do as well.
Living the life. Should be a fun weekend with a lot happening
Definitely the way to go, keeps you out of Knoxville. Corbin exit 29 and stay on 25 all the way to Morristown, TN and interstate 81 to 40 east. That's the way I'm going.
Leaving in a couple of hours. First ever UK football game just happens to be the biggest one in several years!
Oh, and coincides with our second wedding anniversary. I think I found me a keeper!
Oh, and coincides with our second wedding anniversary. I think I found me a keeper!