It's great to be back in Texas!

We left Houma, Louisania and the flooding rains in our rear view mirror and set our sights on Texas.  East Texas is much like Louisania with the tall pines and greenery. We drove into Houston and continued our family visits. 

We had dinner with Lucretia's sister, Trina, husband Jared, and nephew, Payton. We met at a nearby restaurant for an agreeable meal. It was good to visit with them. We hadn't seen each other in better than two years. We all have been busy living our lives in separate cities. This was yet another time that catching up was fun and easy. Their son, Payton and Lu's other sister, Torrie have sons born within a week of each other.  They are best buddies despite being polar opposites. We will be meeting Torrie's son, Henry the next morning at the Houston airport. He's been on summer vacation with relatives and needs a ride home to Corpus Christi. 

I have missed Texas, and particularly Houston's cosmopolitan cityscape, but I did not miss the blast furnace heat and humidity that is so common in August.  At one point our temperature gauge read 104 degrees.

Tomorrow we meet the balance of Lu's family in Corpus Christi.