Typical days for the prestons

Here is a sample of some of the things the Preston's did for fun this week:

1. Make friends with the hotel staff and guests
2. Visit old graveyards
3. Decorate hotel rooms
4. Caught fish in local streams near our hotel
5. Pass out valentines day cards to the hotel staff and guests
6. Watched Avatar
7. Ate at great places
   
   
8. Visited Down Town Houston
9. Explored the local woods
   
10. Did I mention Eating
    

Houston

Houston is one of those cities we were just not that excited to visit, I mean what does anyone know about Houston? Sure they sent a spaceship to the moon but what else is cool about Houston.

Well other than being the 4th largest city in the USA the biggest news to us is that they have more restaurants per capita than any other city, so while we may not be in fat city (San Antonio) any longer, there is no reason not to keep putting the lbs on.

So far we have hit several great places to eat, including Niko, Niko (when Gus found out we were going to be in Houston it was his first recommendation)

While here we plan on hitting the NASA Space Museum, Galveston beach, The Galleria (2nd biggest mall in the US), some museums and doing a boat trip on the Bayou.

The Valley and Corpus

Last week we stayed in "The Valley" which is basically the southern tip of Texas which borders the gulf and Mexico.

One of the things we really enjoy is seeing different cultures and places. This area fit that description. Our hotel was in the city of Mcallen which looked like a town that was having an identity crisis. Yes it was located in the USA but if dropped from the air into the town you would have a hard time knowing that you were in the US. It seems the Mexican culture just came right across the border. Not only did most of the town speak just spanish but the majority of the signs were all in spanish as well, and the stores were organized in very much the same

way they are in Mexico.

I will say that the highlight of the trip was that I had the Best Mexican food in my life out there. The meat was smoked Texas style, but then it was prepared in a very authentic mexican style, I was blown away with every bite and ended up ordering about $60.00 in food to take back home. Wow it was so good, the bummer is that I am sure I will never find an infusion like that again. Other than that most of the mex I had in Texas has been just ok.

As Savannah Mentioned in her Blog we also hit Corpus Christi this week, but unfortunately the two days we were there were very overcast. The girls and I decide to hit the beach anyways and we found all sorts of cool dead stuff washed up ranging from a blowfish and Huge jellyfish to what looked like a cat.

As far as cycling goes I have converted my old trek into a single speed bike and have been having some fun with that. It works out pretty well since there are not many mtn climbs in this part of the country.

Anyhow we are now in Houston Texas and will be here for the next few weeks.

Later...