Todays final destination would be an unknown until I eventually arrived there. I was basically heading towards New Orleans, but would only make it part way today. Quite how far I manage to travel depends on just how long I spend at todays main attraction. One small step for man but quite a long motorcycle ride from California... NASA's Johnson Space Center.

I made a fairly early start from Galveston. Enough time to explore the town a little and grab breakfast by the sea before riding on to the NASA Space Center.

The Space Center was a very cool day out. Lectures on living in Space, mock-ups of the inside of the International Space Station and Space Shuttles even a Shuttle landing simulator (at which I failed miserably - apparently I have "flown where no man has flown before!") The guided tour allows access to the areas in which the Astronauts train and the control center from which all US space missions are controlled. The main control center was a hive of activity as there had been a Shuttle lauch from Florida the day before. A lot of history in these buildings. Plenty to fill a good few hours, which is exactly what happened.

After leaving NASA I only managed to make it (via Beaumont - Texas) over the state border to Lake Charles in Louisiana before night fell. Something of a dodgy motel with 'long-term residents' hanging out in the hallways. The place had a sketchy feel to it, but its just one night before I continue on to New Orleans.