Just joined and stumbled on this thread. I live outside of Birmingham. Just swapped out a 2006 Xterra for a Subaru Outback Wilderness. It'll be my daily driver/family toter with some lightweight and modular additions for overlanding, hiking, camping, hunting, etc. My "big" trip every year is elk hunting in Colorado so I'm liking the idea of a tame 20+ hour on the interstate with the ability for light off road duty once I get there.
Mississippi / Louisiana / Alabama
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They've started to do some side road repairs, but it's an absolute Overland adventure traveling there :) !
I moved in 2016 with the wife from Carencro. Going to build a house on the north side of the town by years end.
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Excellent! I'm thinking the same type of hunting trip in '24, with my F250KR rigged out to stay out in the wilderness and get an even earlier hike into some BLM areas.
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When I lived in Alabama, the vast majority of my off-roading was done on private land.
As for "overlanding", specifically, there's no shortage of dirt roads to explore. Autauga County alone had something like 500 miles of unpaved formed roads. Beyond that, there's a handful of National Forests with infrastructure ranging from two-lane paved roads to narrow single-track fire lanes.
It's not as well-documented as some states out West, but, adventure is out there if you are willing to work a bit for it.
As for "overlanding", specifically, there's no shortage of dirt roads to explore. Autauga County alone had something like 500 miles of unpaved formed roads. Beyond that, there's a handful of National Forests with infrastructure ranging from two-lane paved roads to narrow single-track fire lanes.
It's not as well-documented as some states out West, but, adventure is out there if you are willing to work a bit for it.
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Oh. It’s been in full effect since last Feb and we are in prime time from this week till mid May!
I lived in Lake Charles in the early 80's through the early 90's.
Miss the food.
Man I went down last year and Lake Charles looks bad. Big empty skyscraper with plywood windows. Hope they fix that.
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Yea, that’s Hurricane Laura damage to that building. I’ve done a ton of work down there and the work is slow on repairs.
The ms hill country loop is pretty good. Start with the north loop.
There are some nice trails to your east in Alabama as well.
Welcome to MS!
