Agreed, Charleston, Savannah and New Orleans are the most atmospheric southern cities. And I see little reason to include Nashville or Houston either, unless you happen to be driving through, or you absolutely must visit the Grand Old Opry.
Memphis is good if you're interested in African-American history, and it makes a good launching point if you want to travel into the Mississippi Delta on a Blues exploration, to Clarksdale.
The travel plan so far is flying into LA, then to Vegas, driving through San Antonio, Austin, Houston, fly to New Orleans
So you drive the longest and most boring section, but you fly a relatively easy section? That's silly. Fly from Vegas to San Antonio, and drive on from there.
I have 2 weeks pretty much unplanned after New Orleans
Two weeks to get to NYC is a lot shorter than you think. Especially if you already planned Nashville in your route.
With that said, try this rough route.
Texas- no thanks, been there done that, cant stand the place. Dreadful.
Well, it's not completely devoid of interest. I'm thinking the Hill Country, the area north of Corpus Christi (i.e. Goose Island State Park), and Big Bend National Park. And it's possible that Austin may still have some redeeming features despite having 2.1 million people.
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