Late last month we paid a quick visit to Houston and Galveston mostly to visit the Houston Space Centre as Ross had not been there. Houston is the largest city in Texas with 2.1 million people making it the fourth largest city in the USA. It has a spectacular skyline and we found it fairly easy to navigate our way around.
Because we had come specifically to visit the space centre we stayed south of the city at the holiday inn at Hobby Airport.
Our visit to the centre was interrupted by a very solid storm and the tours were cancelled for a time because of lightning strikes in the area.
The highlight for us was the visit to the central control room (unfortunately no photos) we have all seen on the news and in movies. During our time there they had a real time link to the international space station and we were able to watch the astronauts go about their daily business. There is so much more to see I am sure we will return.
Please visit http://www.spacecenter.org/
After Houston we made the short trip south to the gulf coast for a quick visit to Galveston. It is similar to many seaside tourist resort towns but has the added bonus of being a major start point for many Carribean Cruises. On the day we were there there was a hurricane forming well to the south but it quickly affected the local weather.
Because of the bad weather we decided not to stay but headed back to San Antonio (about 4 hours drive). We plan to visit again in the cooler months and non hurricane season.
Cheers
Ross and Bev
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