Fiver, Tuscaloosa is 3.5 to 4 hours straight west on I-20.
If I have my “new”(getting it back from by brother) car then, I may be there. It also depends on how much I overspend during my Montreal trip and if the bitch is sending me out of town for work that week.(I’ll be in Tupelo in 2 weeks…anyone in northern MS?)
Look what I found. 
Hehehe. For those of you who need directions. We’ll meet at said mall because it’s so easy to find. And I guess we’ll meet at whatever time Nocturne says, and decide where to eat from there. Oh, we’ll be meeting at the food court side of the mall, but I promise you we won’t be eating there.
***Directions From Every Direction ***
**Coming From The North **
-Take I-65 South to the I-20/I-59 South Ramp towards Tuscaloosa.
-Merge onto I-59 and stay on it for 50 miles.
-Take the US-82, McFarland Blvd. Exit. Number 73.
-Turn right onto US-82, McFarland Blvd. and stay on it for 1.7 miles. ((About 4 lights, I think.))
-University Mall will be on your right. There’s a big sign and it’s pretty hard to miss.
**Coming From The South **
-Take I-65 North to the I-459 South Ramp towards Tuscaloosa.
-Merge onto I-459 and stay on it for 14 miles.
-Take the I-20/I-59 South Ramp towards Tuscaloosa.
-Merge onto I-59 and stay on it for 40 miles.
-Take the US-82, McFarland Blvd. Exit. Number 73.
-Turn right onto US-82, McFarland Blvd. and stay on it for 1.7 miles. ((About 4 lights, I think.))
-University Mall will be on your right. There’s a big sign and it’s pretty hard to miss.
**Coming From The West **
-Take I-59/I-20 East to US-82, McFarland Blvd. Exit. Number 73.
-Turn right onto US-82, McFarland Blvd. and stay on it for 1.7 miles. ((About 4 lights, I think.))
-University Mall will be on your right. There’s a big sign and it’s pretty hard to miss.
**Coming From The East **
-Take I-20 West to US-82, McFarland Blvd. Exit. Number 73.
-Turn right onto US-82, McFarland Blvd. and stay on it for 1.7 miles. ((About 4 lights, I think.))
-University Mall will be on your right. There’s a big sign and it’s pretty hard to miss.
Oooo, so I get to boss you all around? Neeeaaaaat. I demand you all call me Empress at this Dopefest.
When did we meet last time? 4 P.M.? I think that’d be a good time, personally.
You got it, Empress! (snicker)
4:00 pm sounds fine to me, as well, and yes, I’ll be bringing someone. Not sure if it’s going to be one or two people yet, as I haven’t talked to Marty about it in detail.
::tossing red hair::
Helllllooooooo, Osip!! Glad to hear of your interest in redheaded southern women. I might be taken, but he’ll be so busy gazing at the other lovely ladies there, he won’t notice us busily yacking, I’m sure… 
Thanks for directions Sim.
Osip
FOUR redheads in the same place? Is this a good idea? (I’m a redhead, but a transplanted Yankee… does that count?) Hmmm… maybe we should rethink this…
-BK
Always.
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Yankee? Thank goodness… at least I won’t be the only one.
I used to be able to code… 
By the way, you’re welcome Osip.
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*Originally posted by Simetra *
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No, you won’t be, at least according to Saint Zero. I’m from KY, so I don’t see myself as a transplanted Yankee. To him, however, anything north of TN is Yankee. He says I’ve been assimilated. 
And with all of us redheads, we need to go someplace wild and crazy. Maybe no one will notice us crazies. duck!
Dear? I thought you already went crazy?
Right along with you, darling…
We found a hotel. Reasonable rates. I just hope it’s in a good section of town. sigh
Sounds like we will have a great deal more participants this time around!
gonna bump this now,
Osip
Nocturne, I’d love to meet all of my Doper neighbors, but I just can’t make it that weekend. But one of these days, I will. After all,
I’ll have company.
This is cool. When do we start debating on where to eat?
And when do we get an itinerary? I need to figure out what to do with the four-leggeds…
-BK
To answer Saint Zero’s and bobkitty’s questions… It looks like we’ll be meeting Saturday, August 11th at 4:00 at the University Mall in Tuscaloosa. ((Directions provided on previous page.)) We’ll decide where to eat when we all get there based on Nocturne’s and hopefully Ogre’s guidance.
Yay! This is gonna be sweet.
Didn’t y’all go to Dreamland last time? If you did, how was it? We’re going to Mobile next weekend and it is an option there, although we’ll probably bop over to Foley for Lambert’s.
What was I going to say… Uh…
Oh Yeah! um… Nevermind.
small bump!
Which one? All the ones I keep trying on one site for hotels in Tuscaloosa say that there are no rooms available.
I can always cancel a reservation if need be, but I’d rather have one made if I do decide to go.