Breakfast was a classic B & B feast. No idea what we had. It was explained but too hard to remember sorry ! We had breakfast at 8.30am sharp with a couple from Conway, Arkansas and chatted with them for a while. They were staying in the adjoining carriage house so we actually had the whole B & B building to ourselves. The owners of this place have had it since 1993 and their granddaughter was serving us today. She said the place has been on the market for US $1.2M for 5 years which I reckon is a bargain for something that has such historical value and is ranked in USA top 10 B & B by some magazines. They bought the place for $150,000- and it needed a massive restoration to be done. I ... read more

Small breakfast and headed off around 9am. Decided to use Google Maps today instead of Mr. Tom Tom as I have been having trouble seeing screen in bright sunshine which was how our day started. However there would be two problems in the first 15 minutes. Firstly I took the wrong exit on the freeway as the instructions were different to read than what I was used to using Mr. Tom Tom and secondly the vent bracket we bought on the cheap at Walmart fell off ono the centre console whilst I was driving which did not help. We battled on regardless as the good thing about all these devices is the ability to re-route and get back on track. We went through Arlington which is where the Dallas Cowboys Stadium is located about half way ... read more

A late night as I tried to remove some of the bird poop from the Camry. Lesson learned as follows : “Do not park overnight under trees again !” The shortest route to Fort Worth is via I35 North about 4.5 hours but I googled last night to see if there was a scenic route and straight away I read about an alternative route that added maybe 30 extra minutes mostly driving on Highway 281 via the Hill Country regions. We went passed Johnson City which has a population of only 1656 but famous as the home town of President Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ). First stop was Blue Bonnet café in Marble Falls which was about 90 minutes from San Antonio. We stopped here and we both had a malt milkshake which was more like a ... read more

Today we leave Houston and head due West to San Antonio. Google Maps wanted to head right into downtown Houston before heading west and that made no sense in peak hour so we skirted around the city trying to avoid freeways and tolls and the traffic. Achieved this well although we still drove on major roads, eventually got to I10 West and headed toward San Antonio about a 4 hour trip. We decided to take a break after a few hours so pulled off the Interstate into a sleepy old town called Flatonia. What a weird place. It was so sleepy nothing was even open so we got back on the main road. We saw lot of signs for a place called Buc-ees which had a sign with a beaver. This roadhouse was massive ! It ... read more

Up at 8.30am and finally a day where we can take things a little slower as we are staying here for 3 nights. Breakfast was pretty crowded and we had simple things like jam on toast, muffins, OJ. Kerry tried the Hot Chocolate but it was not hot enough for her liking ! We were thinking of going to the adjoining Baybrook Mall Shopping Centre as Kerry was keen to go to Macy’s but it’s Easter Sunday and closed. Hence plan B was enacted and we will go instead to Houston Zoo which is about 30 minutes away in Downtown Houston. Parking was fun ! We drove around the block a few times and as there was lots of picnic gardens nearby where everyone was having an Easter Sunday cookout there was no parking anywhere. We ... read more