Well, we’ve had a great time, a blast, an experience of a lifetime.
But now we’re homeward bound.
As I write we’re staying in a hotel for our last night in Houston – flying out tomorrow.
Category Archives: Weekends away
Six days in Houston TX
My sister-in-law and her husband came to Houston for a week’s holiday. We didn’t let the weather get in the way and in a week managed to give them a great holiday.
This is what Alex and Bob got up to on their trip and some ‘things to do’ while visiting Houston. Continue reading Six days in Houston TX
Six women and a dead cat….
Or what I got up to in Aberdeen in March… Continue reading Six women and a dead cat….
Road Trip – Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado
I imagine that some of you might be hard placed to identify these states of the USA on a map. I certainly would have until now. 
Continue reading Road Trip – Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado
No more rats….
And other extra-ordinary encounters in the USA. Well, not ordinary if you are from Aberdeen, Scotland, that is.
Some of the daily happenings and encounters are odd, to say the least. However, I don’t think the average Texan, or any American for that matter, find any of this unusual.
I do.
Here are some of the oddities, happenings, and general observations that have puzzled and amused me recently.
Warming up – wicked weekends in the (not so) wild west-ish
The weather is hot! As I write we’re experiencing 35ºC on a regular basis, sometimes up as far as 40º which is over 100º in old money.
So what do we do on the weekend when it is too hot to venture out for long walks, or even relax in our minuscule garden?
Continue reading Warming up – wicked weekends in the (not so) wild west-ish
The 60s, JFK and the invasion of the Brits
Probably the single thing that Texas is most known for from the sixties is as the location of the assassination of President John F Kennedy.
That location being more precisely Dallas, Texas. And even more precisely, Dealey Plaza.
Whole Other Country 
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