Gil had fresh coffee for us, and even popped out for fresh donuts before we left, but we were still dragging from the day before so we restrained ourselves to a donut hole each. We took off after big hugs all around, knowing we’d have fun all day thinking about how well our day had …
We had more hills on this section and we had alternating head and side winds all day, along with our usual really high heat and humidity. We had one short and somewhat steep, but pretty, bridge to cross, and lots of crops along the way, especially the closer we got to Palacios (puh-lash-us). Our first …
We hit hills on this stretch! Granted they weren’t too big, but I was so shocked I couldn’t quite process it at first. We did climb steadily the whole ride, along with the few real hills. We had awful heat and humidity and headwinds again, and despite the boost we’d gotten from Bill and Sheila, …
It’s amazing how fast our luck turned when we left Angleton. Rather than head down the road immediately, we backtracked to a Wal-Mart, figuring our food money would go a lot farther, and we’d have better choices than in convenience stores. Our decision added about three hours or more to our day, and added at …
We can’t be right all the time, I guess, and Chelsea and I do have a very good percentage of being right on assessing people. Our big mistake in going to Angleton was not listening to ourselves when we heard our little internal voices talking to us. We spent a full eight days honoring our …
As delighted as we were to have a space to stay, it was obvious immediately that Frankie and Allie, our hosts, had started celebrating Friday night before we arrived. It was not their first glasses of wine or rum and coke. We had great fun though; they were as nice as could be, asking questions …
Though we’re now in a nice air conditioned home with a beautiful wooded area out back, settled in for maybe a week or two so I can finish the book, we’ve had a few crazy days since we last wrote. Leaving West Galveston By the time we packed, washed the sheets and towels, made in …
Just as Chelsea was proofreading the posted blog yesterday, Claire came out of the back office heading towards us. We hurriedly started logging off, knowing that the office closed in less than thirty minutes and that we needed to be on our way. To our shock and total delight, Claire had another plan for us. …
We worked on Sunday many hours writing blogs and catching up on things, not finishing until nearly 10 pm. After talking to John for another bit of time, it was close to 1 a.m. by the time we got to sleep. Awakening at 5:30 was pretty brutal. John’s car was in for repair, so we …
We felt awkward arriving so late, but our new host, also named John, was very gracious. His home near the ferry was under three feet of water after Ike, but he’s already ripped out the flooring and replaced it, along with the sheetrock and other water damage. He lost his job because of the downturn …
