Day 3 - Tupelo, MS to Plano, TX: A real-time road trip driving only on back roads

In June 2024, I took a road trip to San Antonio, TX, which I have done many times. But on this particular trip, I wanted to experience the road a bit differently -- NO INTERSTATES! This drive was much more relaxing than a constant high-speed journey on a freeway.

This real time video is Day 3 of that trip, driving from Tupelo, MS to Plano, TX meandering through US and State Highways of Mississippi, Arkansas, SE Oklahoma, and Texas.

As I got into Arkansas, the heat was really becoming a factor. My camera "overheated" a couple of times -- however, it only shut the screen off after 3 seconds and continued recording, as opposed to my old GoPro 12 which would overheat and completely shut off in 70-degree weather... go figure.

After refueling somewhere along the way, I realized I could include the southeastern tip of Oklahoma in the route for the day, so I updated my route and headed that direction. I was amazed at AR 84/AR 8 and the route going through the Ouachita Mountains area -- so nice!

Once getting to Broken Bow, OK, there was a major rubber plant fire south of there in Idabel that I drove past as I headed towards the Red River into Texas.

All in all, an incredible day of driving -- heat aside -- and it just goes to show that you can't ad-hoc your way through a road trip on an Interstate highway... just sayin'

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All videos from this road trip series:    • June 2024 No Interstate Road Trip  

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Road trip planning with RoadTrippers Premium
Recorded with DJI Osmo Action 4 (Adventure Combo)
Editing and rendering with CyberLink PowerDirector 365

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All music provided courtesy of Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com)

Playlist:
Nihoni / Concussion
Parellite / Leave This World Behind (Instrumental Version)
Off Cuts / Delirious Dreams
Dew Of Light / Sun Ray Beach
American Legion / The Inventor
Will Harrison / Night Vision
Rymdklang Soundtracks / Big Sky Country
Tape Machines / Borrowed Matches
ELFL / First Horizon
Mindserver Unlimited / On Cruise Control
Ave Air / Watching Galaxies from Afar
They Dream By Day / 1993
dreem / Wither Away
dreem / death bed
Jakob Ahlbom / Arise
Ealot / A New Earth
Spirits Of Our Dreams / Meteora
Jake and Jake / Noplace
Brendon Moeller / Low Impact
STRLGHT / Octane
Ruzer / Alien
Heyson / Time Keepers (Extended Version)
By Lotus / Lofi Ocean Waves
gus / Findingz
Mike Stringer / No Apology
Rymdklang Soundtracks / Fast Future
Rymdklang Soundtracks / Globetrotters
Brendon Moeller / Velvet Fog
Lama House / Otherworld
Benjamin Kling / Like Clockwork
Jakob Ahlbom / Passage
Torii Wolf / Five Below (Ooyy Remix, Instrumental Version)
Dew Of Light / A Travelers' Gloom
Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen / The Traveller
At The End Of Times, Nothing / And Waves Break on Distant Shores