Hampton Inn College Station

Socks was born on May 10, 1995 in Tallahassee, FL. He was our daughter's cat - a "college cat." We adopted him in 1996.

In 2007, Socks was diagnosed with Leukemia which was in remission. However, in the past ten days he hadn’t been feeling well. An ultrasound revealed that his Leukemia had spread to Lymphoma. Three veterinarians including Dr. Rossi from MA suggested that we put Socks to sleep since he had 3-6 months max to live and to avoid ...

The Museum's exhibits reveal the unique influences and challenges that shaped George Bush’s life and presidency. The exhibits lead the visitor to an interactive walk through history’s textbooks with displays that explore the most important events of the 20th century from World War II through the Persian Gulf War. Original artifacts, film, photographs, documents, music, and interactive kiosks make the ...

Left Arlington, TX early in the morning. Heavy rain predicted later on in the morning, definitely wanted to leave before the rain. Ran into rain anyway so it took longer than usual. Texas received heavy rain the past 2 weeks that caused severe flooding in the Dallas / Houston area, of course this is where we are .

I guess this was the main reason I came back at this time for vacation. On the plus side - got to see the whole family in one place over a couple of days.

Outside of having to dress up in a tux, it was a good time. And my rental car even got into the wedding.

Made a quick stop by the Traveling Aggies office to make sure everything was taken care of for my Peru / Machu Picchu vacation next year. I was a little worried trying to do everything from across the pond.

Looks like it will be a good trip & I got the names of the other travellers.

Met up with another high school friend living in College Station. Conveniently, his kids were playing flag football at the same time as my brother's step-son.

Then off to the hotel. My suite on the top floor, right next to the Hilton emblem.

This year I only get to make one football game from Scotland. The Aggies are playing Oklahoma State. Krista is able to make her annual game as well. Not sure if the win streak will continue - every game she has gone to over the years, the Aggies have won.

Update - well, the streak is over. Wasn't as close as the final score. But it was a good day out, even if the weather wasn't as nice as forecasted.

... br> We rode 1.5 miles back to the hotel and loaded the bikes in the trailer - still no rain. They drove us several miles to the north side of Houston where we stopped at the Sewell Infiniti car dealership - where they had snacks for us (we had ridden almost 3 miles on our bikes at this point.) After snacking and photos we loaded up again and continued our drive out of Houston.
We stopped at a little country ...

Hey Gang, We took a couple days off from the blog just to hang out and spend time with friends. On Friday we slept in and took it easy. We spent about half the day getting caught up with Justin and Krista Burdine. While we were hanging out Ethan got acquainted with Maren and Jesse Burdine. Larkin the newborn is sleeping, eating, and pooping like all good newborns. On Friday night we took our first trip down to Austin to check it out. First stop was by a church on the north ...

Dear Mom, This is my first entry into this travel journal. I am really not one for public blogs (in fact i think they are the demise of our youth) but I figure you deserve an up-to-date collection of my travels of this summer after dealing with 21 years of mothering me plus nine months of some serious bonding time.