Well here is the first official update from our houston trip. We are 180 miles south of our home, stopped at a McDonalds in Madisonville TX, after being stopped in a traffic jam for 48 minutes on I-45. It was definitely the most exciting thing we have seen since we left dallas. Texas has frontage roads along side most of the freeways, when the traffic started many cars crossed the 30 feet of grass on the shoulder to get to the frontage road. I wasn't willing to chance an off road adventure in the mini van so we stayed put. It was very entertaining watching all the different vehicles from sport bikes to trucks with horse trailers make their way through the ditch and to the frontage road. Was also slightly entertaining to pass all of them once the wreck (I think) was cleared. You see the frontage road is one lane and now all 200+ of the rigs that jumped over had to go through 2 stop signs and a light to get back on the now moving freeway. Was it wrong to chuckle a little when we flew past them at 70mph?
So now a quick pit stop and off again to finish the last 97 miles. Anxious to see what is next.
Eric
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I called the Humor Help line, and they said it technically is a bit funny to watch the people who had to go four wheeling end up waiting longer than those patient enough to follow traffic laws. Go ahead a laugh a bit more... a bit more...Ok, that's too much.
I'm with you on the whole sense of community we get a taste of on a holiday like Halloween. We did the door to door thing for a bit as well, but then went to a "trunk or treat" event at the local grocery store parking lot. Safe area.. no cars driving around, fun stuff for the kids to do, and an even greater sense of community. Go figure, it was a Church that set almost all of it up... HMMMM.
We more of that, neighbors being nice to eachother and enjoying eachother's company.
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