Last week and this next I will be working in the Houston TX area.
So after work one day this past week I ventured to downtown Houston as you will see in this first shot. I went to Buffalo Bayou Park. It was about 95 degrees, and there were people walking, running and playing with their dogs, all with a wonderful backdrop of the city near by.
The second night I took a 45-minute drive to Galveston. I went straight to Pleasure Pier, where I had one of the best-broiled fish dinners around at the restaurant Fish Tails. Then as sunset came I walk over to the beach across the street and captured this shot of the Pier.
When I finished up work on Friday I took a 3-hour drive over to San Antonio. My first stop was the Alamo.
Then I walked over to the River Walk just a couple blocks away. The River Walk was like no other part of this country that I have ever been to. It’s a fantastic mix between restaurants, gifts shops, artistic stores / galleries, street vendors and boat tours going down the river right in-between all of this.
After spending a couple hours in San Antonio I drove the quick Hour and fifteen minute drive to Austin.
The next morning I went to the Texas Capital.
Then it was time to see what all the Texas BBQ hype was all about. I first drove by Franklin BBQ. I had looked them up the night before and knew I wasn’t going to wait in the 2-hour line, but I drove by to see it (Photo 7). People start lining up at 9am, and the doors open at 11am. They sell BBQ until they run out, Usually around 2pm.
After driving by Franklin BBQ I went to Stubbs’s BBQ. It lived up to the hype. I had the Major (3 meats and 2 sides). After that I needed a nap.
As the sun was setting I went to the Congress Street Bridge where at sunset every night thousands of Bats fly out from underneath the bridge.
From there I walked over to the other side of the bridge and captured this night cityscape shot of the city. By this time I was hungry again, so I stopped by one of the hundreds of food trailers throughout the city.
The next morning it was time to head back to La Porte to finish up my work this upcoming week. From Austin to Houston I took a 4-lane highway 71 most of the way, where I captured this final photo of the countryside.
