Well, we’re getting ready to hit the road again. This time a 700+ mile trip to the panhandle of Florida. It’s estimated at 12-14 hours, so we’re going to try to do it in one shot.

Our route is US 290 east out of Austin, all the way to Houston. Then I 10 east through southern Lousiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and then finally into Florida. We haven’t taken this route before; previously we went through all these states, but to the north, along I 20.

It will be interesting to go through some towns we haven’t seen before: Houston, Baton Rouge, Lake Pontchartrain (we skirt north of New Orleans), Biloxi, Mobile, and Pensacola. The downside is that we go through those towns/cities, so traffic is going to be worse (thus the long travel time for a 700 mile trip).

With any luck we’ll be in Florida tonight.