University Tower Hotel And Sui College Station

... His nose would go a mile a minute sniffing everything. He covered 30 states with us.

Socks: thank you for giving us 14 wonderful years. We’ll always remember you lining our front steps with dead field mice; putting your paws in the snow and running back in the house; climbing into bed with us every night. You never gave us a hard time.

You’ll always be remembered and loved!

Hugs and kisses,

Mom, Dad and Michelle

... and Desert Storm confirmed President Bush as a sophisticated statesman, masterful diplomat, and a strong leader.

The large and close-knit family of George Bush will leave its mark on American History. Faith, family, friends and public service continue to be rock-solid values in his life. Inspiring others, President Bush lives his conviction that "any definition of a successful life must include service to others."

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.

... twice on railroad tracks, once in Wilmington, NC and once in Washington State. Two of the riders, Keith and Brian fell. They didn't appear to be hurt too bad but they did take Brian to the hospital to have his wrist x-rayed after the event - it wasn't broken.
My honoree for the afternoon was Anna Ramsey. Anna was not at the event. She had joined the bone marrow registry when a bone drive was held looking ...

... music institute. The town draws visitors from near (Austin, San Antonio, Dallas and Houston) and far (international). Wal-Mart is nowhere to be found, but the town is so far off the beaten path that the battle to survive was probably harder. They also have a good site: www.roundtop.org Anyone at home inspired yet? I may have to run for office when I get home. :-) One of my favorite stops of the day was a visit ...

... One of their old ads says 'Drink a bite to eat', it's really filling when you drink a bottle full of sugar syrup & carbonated water! Anyways, random story I know, but that's sort of what this trip is all about for us. Finding cool things that we'd never come across without making this journey. Moseying along slowly enough to see these things in our path, instead of just rushing from one place to another. I ...