Leg 7 - Houston, Day 2

March 29, 2012

I took my time getting up in the morning. Jim was nice enough to leave me his key. I purchased a ticket to the Houston Space Center and headed on out. It was a cloudy and dreary day yet again. It was sort of a bummer. The Houston Space Center was the same sort of experience. There wasn't a lot to see. A couple of movies and a tour around the Space Center really didn't make it all that exciting. I think Wright Patt's section of space is more interesting than the Houston Space Center, sadly. I mean it is essentially the birthplace of space exploration, and it was small with very little exhibits. They have one area that changes every so often and that is in the middle of the entrance hall and occupies maybe 400 sq ft. O well, it was worth seeing and to say I went there. Luckily, I was able to get the outside tour done before the rain came.

Next stop, I headed to Galveston to check out the Gulf of Mexico and complete 2 of 4 great bodies of water I plan to encounter on my trip across the country. There wasn't much at Galveston, nor were there many people on the beach. That is probably because of the rain. I drove my car onto the beach and then proceeded to walk to the Gulf to stick my feet in the water and take a bunch of pictures. It was slightly challenging since I was trying to keep my brand new camera from getting wet damaged, at least it was not pouring when I was there. A couple of new houses were in process of being built. I thought of how nice it would be to own one of those houses, except I hear the summers in Houston are unbearable, so it may not have been as great to have a house on the Gulf then.

Afterwards, I headed back to Jim's. It was early evening and was time to return. I had seen all I had wanted to. I returned and found his roommate Todd home already. Since Troy was also a fellow Flyer graduate, we decided to start playing Beer Die until Jim came home with food and dinner. Jim made gumbo for all of us. We played Beer Die, watched soccer, and ate dinner. Another friend of Jim's Emily came over to join us. She is part of the teachers across America group. I was roped into joining her and some her students to golf with them the next day. I was about 50/50 when approached to go. In the end, I decided to go because of my life's motto of "Go Big or Go Home". More on this later though. The night ended pretty good. Jim, as always, picked up the new game of Beer Die very well very quickly. Sadly, the night had to end since everyone else had to go to work the next day. I had to occupy myself for another day until I had people to hang out with again.

Go Big or Go Home

Photos of the Trip:
Leg 7 - Houston - Day 2