Category Archives: Trip Reports

Assorted thoughts that didn’t fit in the narrative, plus random pictures. (Photo galleries to come later. Much, much later.) Not even an Austin hotel (using Time Warner Cable) carries the Longhorn Network. Museums that close at 5 remain the most … Continue reading →

Very little of Jan. 31 was spent in Texas. I had returned the car the previous morning so all I had to worry about was the airport shuttle. My suitcase checked in at 49.5 pounds(!) and I figured out security … Continue reading →

Austin, Texas, Jan. 30 — I spent the entire morning at the George H.W. Bush Museum in College Station. I was glad I hadn’t tried to cram it in earlier. The museum is well put together, aside from the “Oval … Continue reading →

This post covers the rest of my Sunday outside of the basketball game. College Station, Texas, Jan. 29 — I started out the day by clinching I-610 in light traffic. I had a little snag after exiting I-10 to get … Continue reading →

Houston, Texas, Jan. 28 — With some time on my hands, I had the chance to visit one San Antonio attraction I hadn’t done earlier in the week, the Tower of the Americas. Ironically for me, I was there too … Continue reading →

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 27 — I-35 turns pretty rural just 10 miles from the international border, but has some impressive interchanges at the loop north of the city and the Camino Colombia. The welcome center is at Exit 18, … Continue reading →

Laredo, Texas, Jan. 27 — It’s more than a thousand miles to Iowa. It’s 700 to Mexico City. It’s the end of January, and it’s 84 degrees. Here, at the doorstep to Mexico, Interstate Highway 35 finally rolls to a … Continue reading →

Or: Two counties named Jim Or: So that’s what 70 mph on a two-lane is like San Antonio (via Corpus Christi et al.), Texas, Jan. 27 — I started in the Corpus Christi area by driving back across the bay … Continue reading →

Corpus Christi, Texas, Jan. 26 — Texans take an inordinate amount of pride in the shape of their state. It’s everywhere. (See, for example, the shield in the previous Texas post.) Today, that spirit manifested itself in the Texas-shaped waffles … Continue reading →