We stopped at a little place called Cooper Farms on the way down. Apparently it's like the West, TX of I-45. They had tons of snacks, drinks, t-shirts, and the like. We were able to try their fruit wines, which they make by growing the fruit, sending it to the winery, and getting back the wine. They had ALL kinds of flavors, we tried the peach, white nectarine, and lime kinds. The lime was interesting. Like a margarita without the tequila.
I got ice cream!! This is peach ice cream mixed with blueberry/lemon ice cream!
hehehe. We also got our customary chips and queso with salsa, which I DID snap a pic of!
We went and got some waters and wandered around a Specs for a bit then headed back to the hotel. The min we walked into the room we noticed it had NOT cooled down. And I put that thermostat down to 59.5!! We inquired at the front desk and the dude got on the phone right away. They said their A/C wasn't able to keep up with the heat because it was an old system, then said that their sister hotel (just behind them) had a room if we'd like to stay there. We took them up on that offer, checked into the new hotel, got into that room, and had our own, perfectly functional a/c unit. We turned that sucker WAY down and enjoyed the lovely, cool air for the rest of the evening.
The hallway kinda reminded us of a creepy movie... does anyone else get "the shining" vibes here???
Apparently HMNS has the largest dino exhibit in the world.
I've read that museums as we know them came from private "cabinets of curiosities" back when rich people would travel and bring back "curios."
And who doesn't love shiny rocks???
I think I would rock this 😁
After drooling over the shinies, we wandered around the gift shops and considered the merits of a $12000 fossil of our own, but ultimately decided that transporting it back and forth between our apts would be too tough.
Chips and queso to share, the burrito was mine (black beans, pulled pork, lettuce, tomato, black olives, jalapeños, and guac), and he had a Mexican pizza.
I am very grateful that the man doesn't mind me snapping a quick pic of his food to share on my blog. He is very understanding of my shutterbug ways. I also promised him I wouldn't share any pix of us without his permission.
Not too shabby, right??
Never mind the bad angle for me. Hehe. The void wants loves and treats.
Most insane grilled salmon salad EVER!!! Soooo good.
It was AMAZING. We ran into some traffic outside Houston and ended up going the scenic route at the prompting of Google. We found our hotel, got into the room, and noticed it was a liiiitle warm. Figuring it just needed time, we turned it WAY down and went to find food. We had a mini adventure looking for food. We were gonna try a taco place, but when we drove into the parking lot we thought it looked a little sketchy, so we decided to keep going. We ended up at a local place called Skeeters. It was called Skeeters because they use mesquite wood to smoke their meat. Friends, I had the BEST pork chop of my life. It was big, bone-in, and came with steamed veg and sweet potato fries. SO GOOD I forgot to take a before pic, so here's the aftermath.
I'm mentioning this story because we learned how each of us handle things when they don't really go according to plan. There were a lot of opportunities for one or the other of us to use slight inconveniences as excuses to be kinda rude or super annoyed but we both just kinda took them as they came and adjusted as needed. I think that bodes well for in the future, since we know there are going to be curveballs that life throws at us. I'm glad we have similar coping strategies. We BOTH we really glad we didn't try to "tough it out" in the first room... they didn't even have a FAN!!!
Anyway, the next day we went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science. We saw the shark exhibit first, then the dinosaurs, then the cabinet of curiosities, then the minerals and gems. We spent a good 3 hours wandering through the museum. Here's just a FEW pix cuz I took a TON.
At this point we decided food was a good plan. We ended up at Taco Bodega and had some REALLY good food.
We headed back to Dallas after lunch (and somehow snagged free parking- go us!). We did stop at a truck stop to stretch our legs and walk around a bit. I managed to get a drive-by pic of the big Sam Houston statue on I-45.
Anyway, I got to meet his kitty cat before he took me home. Meet Ace. The sweetest kitty who wants all the skritches and all the loves.
My fella got the day off on Sunday so he picked me up and we spent a lovely day together. We had lunch with his mom and niece, then stopped by one of his sister's houses, so I'm slowly meeting his family. We found jaws at the movie trading company, so we can eventually have a proper home bound gremlin-style shark movie marathon!
So it's official. We travel well together. The next couple of weekends he gets to meet MY people, so that's also exciting. Hehe... I'm genuinely pretty crazy about him, so I think my friends will like him, too. We are all kinda the same weird/nerdy types. I'm pretty excited for him to meet my people. 😁
So that was our trip this weekend. It was a lot of fun, we (still) seem compatible, and I'm kinda excited to see what the future may hold (thinking those thoughts is both fun and terrifying, not gonna lie). I like our approach to this... we make a good "us."
I hope all is good with you as well. Stay hydrated out there, friends. It's HOT!! Thank you for continuing to read about what's going in in my world, and for caring about my crazy love life. Even reading my slightly gushing posts. Maybe some day you'll be able to meet him in real life 😃 much love, all 🥰🥰🥰
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