How far is KC MO to Ozark

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by da jammer

I left my house at 3:30 am Labor Day Saturday on my way to TX to hook up with the kids. I'm hummin' along @ 80mph along the westbound I-44 when I spot these lil red eyes along the edge of the road. Since I'm not all that sharp I continued along at warp speed until it slowly began to dawn on me that those lil red eyes belonged to a bunch of deer that, on occasion, like to wander into the path of vehicles rollin' down the road. Man that was a stressful drive until the sun came up!

I don't know how effective they are, but my cars always have a deer whistle in the grill. They say the deer can hear it and won't run in front of you...

[icelady]

lol a deerwhistle never heard of that. Is it a whistle they shove in tour grill or like a pa system? Do you here it when you drive? Does it work?

[Lake Junkie]

Originally Posted by icelady

lol a deerwhistle never heard of that. Is it a whistle they shove in tour grill or like a pa system? Do you here it when you drive? Does it work?

Here's an article I found about deer and the automobile:

Deer-Vehicle Collisions are Numerous and Costly. Do Countermeasures Work?

I don't know if it works but it makes me feel like I'm doing something besides watching out for those red reflections...and you don't hear anything.

[icelady]

Thanks living in Fl. I never heard about that. So when I move up I can check it and see how much it cost and if it works

[icelady]

Wow I just skimmed the article This is very intersting to me since I do crashes. However we have no deers in Fl. Thank you Lake Junkie. I bookmarked it to read more on this. Ice

[mrschilicook]

Last time we drove it (about 5 years ago) it took us about 3 1/2 hours. The airport, unfortunately, is north of KC so you have to allow for traffic and construction!

You may also look into Tulsa. SW flies into that facility and it ends up taking about the same amount of time from there to here.

Between KC and Ozark...It's a pretty flat road, but beware of speedsters. If you hit it on Friday afternoon you'll be driving with all of the KC folks itching to get down to one of the Lakes.

We've also flown into St. Louis. It ends up taking a little longer to drive (again the airport is the north end of the city) but not by too much. And no major hills to speak of....mostly rolling hill type.

Springfield is definitely the better place to fly into if you don't mind paying a little more. Saves hours of driving both ways, dealing with city traffic, and
unknown delays (construction). The city is trying to get people to fly using the Springfield airport. They need higher volumes of traffic to attract lower priced or more frequent carriers.

[jeh]

try to hit the road early on a sunday morning. you'll have the highways to yourself and can relax and enjoy the scenery.

the trip is really no sweat, go for it.