Day 19: Houston

Not a whole lot to report today, we woke up late and covered the distance from Corpus Christi to Houston. We were heading towards the home of a family who are old friends of my family. We spent much of the day on Interstates, where often there isn't too much unique scenery.

We stopped in a town park and had a little BBQ for lunch. We had hot dogs because in the USA they don't really have sausages like we do at home. The best taste approximation is sausage patties, and the best shape approximation is hot dogs. We were near some workers putting up a fence, and I think we were making them hungry, because they kept looking our way.

Owing to our incredible sense of timing, we managed to be crossing Houston during their afternoon peak. We crawled along at about 3 Mph which I guess made it easier to make sure we made the right turns and got off at the right exits, if I was going to find a positive to being stuck in traffic. We finally made it to Kingwood, on the North side of Houston, at about 7PM. The streets here are lined with very deep ditches to carry away water that make it look like each house is a castle with it's own moat.

A quick introduction too the family we stayed with. My mother and Barbara (who has always been called Aunty) did their nursing training together. Her husband Malcolm is an engineer and they have three children, two of whom (Zabby and Josh) still live at home. They have two beautiful dogs, Paddington and Scarlet, who were very happy to see us. We had a beautiful steak dinner and a shower, then before long it was off to bed. Finally a bed again.