Dec. 5, 2012: The Capital/Capitol
Today, we visited Austin.
100-Degree Days (2011)
Finally, the rain! Yesterday afternoon, it finally rained enough for Rebecca to really see, feel, and experience it. And then during the night it began raining again at 1:30 a.m. or so, and hasn’t weakened yet. And we have more thunderstorms predicted for the next couple of days. After that, sunny and warm for a[...]
Birth Certificate
Thursday, I picked up Rebecca’s birth certificate, driving to Temple for the task. Personally, I think the state could do a little better job with this process, since a birth certificate is required for so much later in life. But as I thought about it, I realized they may already be doing it the best[...]
Trip to Odessa and Carlsbad (6)
Read About Day 1 Read About Day 2 Read About Day 3 Read About Day 4 Read About Day 5 After an excellent night’s sleep, we awoke early and checked out of the Holiday Inn Express. I should mention that for some reason this room cost 40% more than the room in the Holiday Inn[...]
Trip to Odessa and Carlsbad (5)
Read About Day 1 Read About Day 2 Read About Day 3 Read About Day 4 Monday morning (July 19), we checked out of Great Western Inn in Carlsbad at 8:46 a.m. MT (9:46 a.m. CDT), and headed back toward Odessa. This time we took the simpler route, which was just a little longer but[...]
Trip to Odessa and Carlsbad (3)
Read About Day 1 Read About Day 2 The next morning, Saturday (July 17), I checked the car and realized that my left front tire was wearing thin. I should have replaced it days earlier in Killeen, but it had simply slipped my mind. Looking at the map of the roads ahead of us, I[...]
Wildseed Farms
Saturday, my wife and I wanted to take a drive to see wildflowers. We initially considered the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center , because we’ve heard so much about it. The Center has an excellent and informative website, which informed us that it would cost $16 (total) for the two of us to enter. That[...]
High School Football in Killeen
Tonight, we saw our first-ever high school football game in Killeen, Texas. For me, it’s been 20 years since I saw a high school game in Texas; my last one was at Smithson Valley High School, in the fall of my senior year. For my wife, it was her first experience of any kind with[...]
Evening Shift
Tonight, my wife begins a short series of evening and night shifts, so it felt like the day was reversed: I was home with her in the morning, but had the evening to myself. A couple of nights this week, she’ll work overnight. Hopefully, she’s young enough to handle it. *** We saw something on[...]
Lights Off
Not long ago, I mentioned that Killeen had a high accident rate (hearsay), and today I found out why. People don’t turn on their headlights when it’s raining. Despite arguments to the contrary, it is state law in Texas, according to the state’s driver manual (.pdf). The manual says you have to have your lights[...]
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