Frog I just did a mapquest from Al. to Bixby and they way they send you form Little Rock Ark on is not the best way. Once you are on I 40 the easiest way would be to stay on 40 till you get to I 75, then go 75 North till you get to the Bixby exit. The exit will dump you out on 151 st. Take a right on 151, go for about 5-6 miles and you will be right in Bixby. The roads are all very good dual highway. I don’t know why mapquest has you zigzagging on all those roads towards the end of the directions. Those are all residental and commercial roads, lots of traffic and stop lights. That’s crazy.
MT....you’re coming from Ohio, right?
If so the directions they give are not the best too once you hit Ok. Let me know that it is Ohio and I can direct you better once you get to OK.
Mostly the way Mapquest takes both of you puts you on lots of toll roads, something OK is famous for:(...and then also takes you thru lots of residential and commercial areas that there is no need to go thru.
Becky
Heh, why does that not surprise me! They way they recommended I go to get to that horse camp we went to on Saturday was absolutely the narrowest, steepest, crookedest rode I think I've ever been on in my life. Luckily I chose not to take their advice on the way up there or I would've been late, but going back home I thought "what the heck, I'll give it a try". Needless to say, I WON'T ever be going that way again. I think MapQuest is notorious for sending you down routes that may LOOK closer or faster, but really aren't, given the road conditions. Seems like there was an oriental couple with a child who got caught in a snowstorm in California last year and the father died, all because they took some mountain pass that Mapquest suggested. It definately pays to find out all you can about your road before you head out to someplace you've never been. So thanks for the heads up. We'll definately come the way you think is best.