The Drive Part 2

HOUSTON, We have takeoff.
We woke up early this morning, 6:45am, to be able to have breakfast and reload the car while still making it to Houston before 3pm. As I stated previously, Zach apparently didn't really expect me to assist in the re-packaging/installing of the roof rack. I was responsible for passing him contents of the carrier, and re-packing our carry-ons. I thought I would include this funny picture of Zach wearing a makeshift apron, as it had rained the night before in New Orleans.

We had a delicious, overpriced little breakfast. They had an immune booster smoothie that I was very interested in, since apparently you cannot be in the same car as an individual, with windows closed for 10 hours without getting sick. Lucky for us, Michele stocked us with some extra soft Kleenexes. The drive to Texas was different, since we drove over a 2 lane bridge from New Orleans all the way to the Texas Border. Obviously Zach became very frustrated with people who didn't grasp the concept that the left lane is for passing even though there were signs every 2 miles.
We were very excited to make it to Texas, since the drive seemed never ending on the straight, non-mountainous, non-curvy interstates.

We stopped in Orange, TX to fill up on gas. I was greeted by a sign on the door that stated: "We reserve to refuse service". Apparently, it's a-okay in Texas to discriminate! We drove for another hour and a half before arriving in Houston. We were greeted by the loop, or what Zach likes to refer to as the rollercoaster.

We have counted 8 lanes of traffic going in one direction so far. 

Zach's non-exaggerated posture while entering Houston. Country boy's going to have to get used to this insanity. I can't believe I'm going to have to learn to drive in this city. Let me take this opportunity to reiterate how much I hate the DMV in Blount County...

We had to make our way to our first apartment tour in the Heights. They were only able to show us one of the units we were interested in, a nice 2 bedroom. It's in our budget, and the area looks nice, but we aren't IN LOVE with it yet. Our host, Dow, keeps telling us to follow our gut.

So far, we really like Houston. It's surprisingly green. Traffic is intense, but not as intimidating as we expected, and we don't feel like we're constantly at risk of getting shot. Lets hope this positive image continues.