The adventure begins

The adventure begins on the road less traveled.

Well, actually, I should start at the beginning but

 I didn't want this to be the first picture you saw.

Yesterday, we went to pick up the rental car...

and got a bit delayed by Mr. Policeman.

I don't think there's any reason to go into detail.

If you're curious, ask Jack.  (I was the passenger.)

 

Annie, my friend Lisa and I decided we needed happy toes 

and started our day with mani/pedi's.

Super cute blueish purple, for Annie.

Then the packing was started and finished.

This is the beach/swim/misc. bag.

We left this morning at 4:36 a.m.

Galveston ETA - 3:16 p.m.

Jake slept with a pillow over his head.

!?

I have no idea why.

Morning has broken

over Oklahoma.

WHAT is that color?

I've almost forgotten.

Green!  Spring is coming!!

We were packed in tight.

I barely had room to wiggle my toes.

Jake brought a blanket and wanted to put it in the trunk.

"Sorry, no room."

"None?"

"Well, there may be room for a shoe."

;-)

Jack's lunch criteria - 

Taco (fill in the blank)  - NOT a chain or

a BBQ joint with a smoker out front and smoking.

Well, this is where we stopped in a tiny town in Texas.

 

Jack was hungry.

The kids were not interested in a photo op,

but the place was quirky and charming.

The food was... expensive leftovers.

They were warming up the smoker.  ?

The gentleman brought us a plate of pickles, onions and jalepenos.

And there were antenna sticking out...

Jack pulled out a BIG black bug from between the jalepenos.

?

Gag!

"Excuse me, sir?"

He gave us a new plate... but we didn't eat any.

Live and learn, right?

New criteria - the smoker must be smoking AND have food cooking on it.

:-)

The drive was beautiful.

Like I mentioned, we took the road less traveled

and avoided Dallas.

I wish we could have avoided Houston but that was not the case.

The kids took a nap.

Or in Jake's case, naps.

We made many stops and arrive at our hotel at 6:15 p.m.

Not bad!

This is the view from our hotel tonight.

Ok, this is actually the view.

The above was zoomed in with my camera.

Believe it for not it is a portion of this picture.

It's in the middle toward the left.

;-)

Being goofy with at the gas station.

She had no idea he was at the window.

Jake, "no pictures please.

Yea, thanks."

;-)

We could still see hurricane damage around town.

:-(

We made it to the beach to burn a little energy just as the sun set.

Jake was full of it.

We enjoyed our walk!

And would have stayed longer but the police chased us away.

More soon!

xo