Visit to Houston, TX

Between SOWER projects, Terry and I had a free week.  We decided to visit our friend Bongwol.  Delta Airlines had given us travel vouchers back in April when we made the dental trip, which almost paid for the flight.  I should say flights, as we had to first fly to Minneapolis, MN before connecting to Houston, TX, where Bongwol lives.
The adventure began with an unexpected chance to walk on snow and ice, as we missed our connection.  We'd had to wait  for an hour and a half in Tucson for the brakes of the plane to cool off.  So we spent the night in Minneapolis at Delta's expense.

Here are Bongwol and Terry in a similar pose to a picture I took in Switzerland two years ago.

We always like to take pictures of food!  This pizza with tomato slices, loads of spinach, and feta cheese was delicious!

This was the boat we rode in the Houston harbour, although we actually went at 6:00 pm when it was already dark.

It was great to see real trees and leaves after the
stark landscape of the desert.

I wish I knew what these berries were.

Fresh oranges from the tree!

Most houses are made of brick and not wood.  This is Bongwol's house, part of a beautiful neighbourhood lined with huge live oak trees.

Visit to the George Ranch Historical Park, which portrayed several generations of families' lives. The first was a log cabin from the 1830s.

 This interpreter explained about life in the log cabin

Holly helps her dad make cornbread.  She puts the scoop of flour into into the oval wooden bowl and mixes in the baking powder and egg.  It goes into a cast iron pot covered with hot coals. 

Holly grinds corn for the cornbread. This scenario was so realistic, it had me believing the story told to the visiting school children, that they actually lived in the log cabin.

It was entertaining to listen to an account of a cattle roundup in the old days.

Our visit ended with a meal at Taste of Texas, already beautifully decorated for "the holiday season".