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PaulZ370 · 08-14-2011, 11:42 AM

Alright guys - I have what appears to be an awesome road to navigate in the area of St. Francisville courtesy of Mike Fontenot (Z IT GO) and a benefactor driver enthusiast from the Miata Car Club who was gracious enough to share the valuable cruise information from his Club's Manual.

The road is a twisty country road, 61 miles in length, with pre-determined stops, including a Restaurant (Que Pasa Grill & Cantina in St. Francisville [LINK: Que Pasa Grill and Cantina - About Us.

I spent a few hours on my GPS trying to map this thing following the Miata Clubs directions. The route is a figure 8 if you will and my GPS was getting confued when planning the route, so I broke it up into two separate routes - that seemed to solve its headache! I did make a necessary change from the Miata itinerary - I added the bridge at New Roads at the beginning, then tagged the Miata Club route afterwards. TomTom shows the bridge as a "Ferry" by he way...

Ok, here is the route as programmed into my TomTom starting from Port Allen (Hwy 1):

1. Port Allen to 190, turn left
2. 190 to Hwy 1, Turn Right
3. Hwy 1 to Hwy 416, Turn Left -
4. Follow False River Road to New Roads Street, Turn Left

5. New Roads turns into Hwy 10/Ferry Rd
6. Hwy10/Ferry Road, bear right on Morganza Hwy to Bridge (old Ferry ??) Stop for some pics...

7. Follow Hwy 10 to Hwy 61, Turn right on Hwy 61 to Que Pasa Grille and Cantina for Lunch

8. After Lunch, take a left on Hwy 61 Northbound to Hwy 66/Tunica Trace, take a left

9. Tunica Trace to Sligo Road, Take a right
10. Follow Sligo Road to Rosemound Loop South - that'll bring us back around to Hwy 61. Sligo is very twisty with lots of 90 bends, some described as "blind corners" - that should give us a taste of the Tail of the Dragon? Ok, maybe somewhat... Here is where I had to break this route into another route in my GPS...

so, Route 2 - The Return!
1A. Follow Hwy 61 south to Baines Road, Take a left. This is another start of another twisty windy road with lots of curves...

2A. Baines Road to Sage Hill Road, take a left on Sage Rd
3A. Sage Rd to Jones Vaughn Creek Rd, take a right
4A. Follow Jones Vaughn Creek Rd to Hwy 10, Take a right
5A. Hwy 10 to Hwy 965, take a left for more twists and turns
6A. Hwy 965 back to Hwy 61, Take a right, and we should be about where the Que Pasa Cantina is...

7A. Stop and take a deep breath as we should be wore out for all of us that are 6MT's!!!

8A. Back track back home...

08-14-2011, 11:42 AM	#108 (permalink)
PaulZ370 Track Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Covington, LA Posts: 956 Drives: 011 370 BSM/T/SP/6MT Rep Power: 16	Proposed Route for Trip - UPDATE Alright guys - I have what appears to be an awesome road to navigate in the area of St. Francisville courtesy of Mike Fontenot (Z IT GO) and a benefactor driver enthusiast from the Miata Car Club who was gracious enough to share the valuable cruise information from his Club's Manual. The road is a twisty country road, 61 miles in length, with pre-determined stops, including a Restaurant (Que Pasa Grill & Cantina in St. Francisville [LINK: Que Pasa Grill and Cantina - About Us. I spent a few hours on my GPS trying to map this thing following the Miata Clubs directions. The route is a figure 8 if you will and my GPS was getting confued when planning the route, so I broke it up into two separate routes - that seemed to solve its headache! I did make a necessary change from the Miata itinerary - I added the bridge at New Roads at the beginning, then tagged the Miata Club route afterwards. TomTom shows the bridge as a "Ferry" by he way... Ok, here is the route as programmed into my TomTom starting from Port Allen (Hwy 1): 1. Port Allen to 190, turn left 2. 190 to Hwy 1, Turn Right 3. Hwy 1 to Hwy 416, Turn Left - 4. Follow False River Road to New Roads Street, Turn Left 5. New Roads turns into Hwy 10/Ferry Rd 6. Hwy10/Ferry Road, bear right on Morganza Hwy to Bridge (old Ferry ??) Stop for some pics... 7. Follow Hwy 10 to Hwy 61, Turn right on Hwy 61 to Que Pasa Grille and Cantina for Lunch 8. After Lunch, take a left on Hwy 61 Northbound to Hwy 66/Tunica Trace, take a left 9. Tunica Trace to Sligo Road, Take a right 10. Follow Sligo Road to Rosemound Loop South - that'll bring us back around to Hwy 61. Sligo is very twisty with lots of 90 bends, some described as "blind corners" - that should give us a taste of the Tail of the Dragon? Ok, maybe somewhat... Here is where I had to break this route into another route in my GPS... so, Route 2 - The Return! 1A. Follow Hwy 61 south to Baines Road, Take a left. This is another start of another twisty windy road with lots of curves... 2A. Baines Road to Sage Hill Road, take a left on Sage Rd 3A. Sage Rd to Jones Vaughn Creek Rd, take a right 4A. Follow Jones Vaughn Creek Rd to Hwy 10, Take a right 5A. Hwy 10 to Hwy 965, take a left for more twists and turns 6A. Hwy 965 back to Hwy 61, Take a right, and we should be about where the Que Pasa Cantina is... 7A. Stop and take a deep breath as we should be wore out for all of us that are 6MT's!!! 8A. Back track back home...