We hit a massive but short 
rain storm at Lake Charles, Louisiana. It was very UGLY looking, so Steve took refuge under the awning at a closed gas station. We were about to go up over a long bridge, and decided to stay under the protection of the awning about 30 minutes until the rain and wind almost stopped.
Steve made a ‘pound the pavement’ run to Houston (he likened Houston to Mordor) through ‘beautiful’ Beaumont, Texas. Refineries, plastic plants and tire manufacturing dominated the toxic landscape. We saw many effects and heavy damage from the last hurricanes, Ike and Gustaf.The weather cleared as we entered Houston, but it was hot and muggy. The freeway into Houston from the East was narrow, no shoulders, and lots of large pieces of trash on the limited shoulders that they did have. Unfortunately, the GPS didn’t ’take’ Steve’s last instruction to go to Norm’s office rather than directly to his apartment. By the time he realized he hadn’t completed the programming, we were at Norm’s apartment door. . . and realized
that Norm’s office was well back on our trail . . .on the other side of downtown. Oh well! We sat at Borders drinking cold coffee drinks until Norm returned from work. We had a great visit with Norm and caught up on what’s been happening with them. We ended up at a Cajun restaurant eating shrimp, etc. and drinking beers and then back to the apartment to an exciting evening watching Barack in his 2nd debate with McCain. Go Barack!!! It turns out that Norm and Phyllis will be in SLC the weekend of October 17-19, so we’ll get to see both of them then. It was great to spend some time with Norman and his pet fly, Ralphie the 14th!Tomorrow, we are on the way to El Paso with intentions of staying in Sonora. We’ve decided to ‘make tracks’ and head towards home without doing the 300 mile detour to Big Bend National Park or Austin. We will save it for a spring ride with Kevin and Julia!
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