Today i'm back on the road and making the long trip to complete the coast to coast portion of this USA bike trip. By the end of today I hope to hit the east coast. Its a trip of almost 600 miles to the town of Jacksonville Florida (originally home to Lynyrd Skynyrd.)

Because of the distance I need to cover today its basically going to be a long day heading along the Number 10 Interstate - not much to see along the way as I leave behind Louisiana and pass through Mississippi and Alabama on my way to the 'Sunshine State' of Florida. To make things more difficult, i'll be losing another hour out of the travelling day as I head further east.

Todays stops will be nothing more than rest stops giving chance to refill the bike with gas and me with coffee and the main entertainment of the day will be spotting famous or unusual place names. Nominations in this category include: The Suwannee River (that one had me singing for a while), Niceville (the name says it all) and Bagdad (passing quickly by with head kept low and eyes wide open for insurgents!)