The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop

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Day249

Day 249 — The First Mardi Gras — Mobile

Full day4h 30m planned

249The First Mardi Gras 250West to New Orleans 251The French Quarter 252The Garden District 253The WWII Museum 254The Birthplace of Jazz 255Free Day 256Carnival & the River 257Up to Baton Rouge 258Two Capitols 259River Road 260West to Cajun Country 261Acadiana 262North into Mississippi 263Antebellum Natchez 264Up to Vicksburg 265The Siege 266East to Jackson 267Capital & Civil Rights 268Into the Delta 269Birthplace of the Blues 270East to Tupelo 271The King's Birthplace 272Into Alabama 273The Muscle Shoals Sound 274East to Huntsville 275Rocket City 276South to Birmingham 277The Civil Rights District 278South to the capital 279Montgomery 280Selma 281Northeast to Chattanooga 282Lookout Mountain 283East to the Smokies 284Newfound Gap & Clingmans Dome 285Cades Cove 286Free Day 287North to Kentucky 288Horse Country 289Frankfort & Bourbon 290West to Louisville 291The Derby & the Slugger 292Bourbon & Ali 293South to Mammoth Cave 294Into the Earth 295Short hop to Bowling Green 296Corvettes & a Cave 297South to Nashville 298The Home of Country 299Broadway & the Capitol 300The Parthenon 301Free Day 302West to Memphis 303Graceland 304Beale, Sun & Stax 305The Civil Rights Museum 306West into Arkansas 307Central High & the Capitol 308The Clinton Library 309West to Hot Springs 310Bathhouse Row 311North to Eureka Springs 312The Victorian Ozarks 313West to Bentonville 314Crystal Bridges 315Into Oklahoma

Carnival's American birthplace and a battleship.

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM· 2h
Mobile Carnival Museum & historic districtFestivals & EventsAnchor
Mardi Gras started here in 1703 — the costumes and history, then the oak-lined Oakleigh and De Tonti districts.
355 Government St, Mobile, AL
1:30 PM – 4:00 PM· 2h 30m
USS Alabama Battleship Memorial ParkLandmarks & Monuments
Tour the WWII battleship, a submarine, and aircraft on Mobile Bay.
2703 Battleship Pkwy, Mobile, AL