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EB WhoDats, I dont show any special construction on I-10 in La, other than usual crap this weekend. Tx is a different story, if you're leaving Houston. see below.

N.O. locals, I did notice the Huey P. Long widening work continues Saturday, according to one source, and Monday, according to the other. check your local sources.

Also, B.R. brothers, looks like you're losing a lane tuesday at Siegan Ln. both ways on I-10.

Houston Hou-Dats : I-10 Baytown Fwy EB TOTALLY FREAKIN CLOSED at 610 East. from tonight 9pm, till monday morning. The feeders are also fried from Federal to the Loop. Pretty sure WB will be open, for the ride home.

I dont know what I'll do, I guess take 225 to either the Washburn Tunnel or to 146 Hartman Bridge, which is a hell of a scenic route.

I still say its more fun to take hwy 73 thru Port Arthur than the construction between Beaumont & Orange.

See yall at the Dome Sunday morning.

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During the football season I envy you guys for getting to the games, tailgating, etc... Me? Once a year I'm on a plane to New Orleans to try and catch a game. If I don't get tickets, bah humbug! But still in love with the city. Be there this year on Honeymoon and taking in the game against Carolina when hopefully the next day's headlines will be 'Toothless Panthers de-clawed at unbeaten Saints!'

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"I'll have a Diablo Sandwich, and a Dr. Peppa!"
-Sherriff Buford T. Justice, in hot pusuit of course!

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Haaaa!
Damn. CB didnt work. I think I need a better antenna.

--I fail at CB -- hahahahaha...

Once again, getting there, fairly easy. Getting back --- a royal pain in the a$$. I will never drive I-10 between N.O. & Baton Rouge back again---its a trap. You cant get off. And there is always something stupid happening. 3 times--- 3 times! We have to come to a dead stop, then brakes, then crawl then brakes.... Over 2 hours this damn stretch of road. This was 2 1/2 hours after the game. Never again.

River Parishes here I come! At least in the small towns, I can divert when necessary.

Hwy 73 from Orange to Winnie was outstanding! If you're coming from Houston, this is a great route. Same time frame as staying on 10, with zero traffic, zero stress + you go over the historic Rainbow Bridge of Port Arthur. You might lose 10 minutes going thru Bridge City, but then you could do 90 from P.A. to Winnie--- but you shouldnt, because that would be illegal. right? mmm. hmmm.

whoa, we're tired. All good, monday is recovery day.

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Check out Hwy 30 on your next trip to bypass construction in Baton Rouge. Nice scenery around LSU campus and comes back right by the bridge over MS. river. Check your map.

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This is in reply to SkyMike's question on where we park and route back to Houston. We come in I-10 east and take the Loyola exit which is after the dome/Claiborne exit. Turn left on Loyola and park in the garage on the right next to the building which has Allegro's bar on the first floor which is right across the street from Poydras Plaza which I can't wait for Benson to re-open. We exit the garage facing S.Rampart turning right on S.Rampart, go a couple of blocks turn right on Julia then a left back on Loyola then right which gets us right on I-10 west heading back to Houston. Now yesterday there was an accident over the spillway so we exited 310 and drove airline (Hwy61) to Laplace then got back on I-10. Now if this construction in Baton Rouge continues we will probably bypass on Hwy 30 from Gonzales to Baton Rouge by the bridge. In all we left the parking garage at 4:25 and we were back in The Woodlands exactly at 11:00 with 2 stops. By the way did anyone see the Carrolton overpass on I-10 with all the fans cheering the cars as we passed.

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Looks like we're gonna be coming in Monday morning, should be in N.O. around 1pm. Gonna goof around the French Quarter, maybe Uptown for
a few hours before the game.

Who's going to the game?

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Just checked my screens for Baton Rouge & New Orleans, and they dont show any major roadwork for Monday.

---Apparently you do have something cooking along Jefferson Hwy @ the Huey P. (I dont see anything on the widening project, but there's no way that can already be finished---anybody drove over the Huey lately?)

---apparently N. Causeway is a bad place to be at Veterans. Just attempting to read the report sounds like its all torn up there.

I'm still 50/50 on driving in thru the River Parishes. I'm fed up with 10 between N.O. & B.R. Besides, there's a lot of stuff we like along the River route.

Anybody know any trouble spots for Hou-Dats driving in on I-10? (or along hwy 1/River Parishes, or 90 heading to the West Bank from Boutte)

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About to be leaving for Lafayette in the next couple of hours, can't wait to make the trip there and then to New Orleans on Sunday.

WHO DAT

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Leaving tonight. Brandon, Yats, give us a shout. We'll be hanging out early.

damn CB still doesnt work. and monday, I got my 1st ticket in La in 15 years--- nailed by Crowley Police.

everybody drive safe, and lets have a victory party drive back tomorrow night!

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When are the rest of you heading I10 East?
We leave out Saturday morning spending Sunday and Monday night in the Quarter.

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I'm so bummed. I cant get out of work, this time, so I cant go to the Patriots game. Gonna have to watch it here.

Yall help each other out!

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Who's making the trip? We're leaving around 6am Saturday morning.

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We are leaving around 7 or 8ish Saturday morning, heading back on Sunday

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Brandon, you're going to the Cowboys game???? coolness. I cant make this one, and I've got an engagement on the other side of town, so I cant make Woodrow's either,
but yall be sure and represent!

and lets see some painted back windows on those vehicles flying down I-10 ! I'll have my shoe-white fleur on my back window everywhere I go this week. Beat dem Cowboys!

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I asked the boss about 2 months ago to be off for this game ..... my hate runs deep for the Cowboys, there was no way in hell I would be missing this game. I'm worried about the playoff games but this one was right below it on my list of games I didn't want to miss

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damn, I dreamed for years of seeing the Saints play the Cowboys in the Dome. I mean for years, since the '84 Tragedy on Turf/ Snake Stabler Horror Show. I finally got to see us play the Cowboys in Shreveport in '06, and of course, we sucked ass, and Tony Romo torched us. A couple of weeks, of course, everything got better fast,,, and then the regular season beatdown of Parcells pretty much exorcised it for me.

Its weird that I dont hate the Cowboys like I used to, but it sure does a lot for us, if we hand their asses to them tomorrow night. Talk about a
whole country seeing what we've got.

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We're going to New Orleans, baby!

No gig saturday night, so its gonna be a Louisiana weekend. At this point we have no clue where we're going. Should we check out history & plantations in the Florida Parishes? Is there some festival in Cajun Country going on? Do we revisit my old stompin ground in NWLA? Do we enjoy a nice quiet day in Natchitoches, before our scheduled hell-raising in
the Quarter Sunday? All I want is to spend saturday in somewhere that is not the freakin Galleria in Houston. Smaller the town the better. Mamou is looking real good.

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Have you seen Avery Island? Highway 90 from Lafayette to New Orleans is an interesting drive. The River Road Plantations near Vacherie are good. Get a fake Mint Julep at Oak Alley. Just stopping at every daiquiri shack you can find in the swamp is fun way to kill the day.

I feel like going with y'all just for the tour and head back to Woodrow's for the game.

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If I did I would be coming form the east not the west. It would be more like 12 hours for me.

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Heading out saturday morning spending Sunday night in the quarter celebrating our first trip to the Superbowl!!!

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Here we go, Buds! Heading out Saturday am too.... just thought I'd make it more special, so I booked us for Oak Alley (Gumbeau's suggestion) .

Will be in N.O. sunday morning. Party in the Quarter Sunday night!

What a weekend.

Brandon, post those pics of your shoe-white on your vehicle again.

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Saturday night we'll be across the river from you at my parents house and Sunday night we are staying in the quarter.

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Im trying not to, but theres beer, wine & liquor laying around with no where to go, so its looking more and more like there's gonna be a kickoff party at my house friday night, poker, drinks, & grilled stuff. (what? I dont know yet.) Any Hou-Dats will be welcome, if we do this.

anyone have old saints videos?

2010 --- START HERE
 

SO HERE WE GO 2010... bumping this thread for those of you joining the

I-10 Saints Fans Caravan!

What we need is a bunch of CB radios. ha! If I could just get mine to work.

The good news is.......she's moving out.lol

Getting Ready to Go to New Orleans!
 

Ready to head out friday night for New Orleans!!!!!

dont know which way, or where we're stopping, but kids are going to grandma's, and the honeymoon is on!

on the road tonight.

here we go down I-10!

woooooooooo! I cant wait to drive to Louisiana! Do we I-10 it?

Or do we take backroads? What have we not seen?

We're outta here saturday evening, on our way to N.O.

BTW, Houston Who Dats (Hou-Dats) If you havent jumped on our Houston Thread, be sure you know what the Houston Chapter of WhoDat Nation is up to.

we've made a major change. But the party is still on.

heres the Houston Thread: http://blackandgold.com/saints/28310...2010-a-10.html