January 14, 2014 – Grapevine, TX to Kemah, TX

Long, but uneventful drive from Grapevine to Kemah (just south of Houston) … other than a 70’ statue of Sam Houston along I-45 north of Houston,

the “oversize load”

with the keys in the door,

18-wheeler off the road and mired deep in the mud,

several large blades for wind turbines on the road,  

and possibly tragic Amber Alert posed along the entire route.

To reach our destination, I had to drive through Houston once again (the first time was in 2010)

where the traffic is probably as bad as anywhere in the US … speed limits are uniformly ignored, driver’s rarely use directional signals and people often weave back-and-forth across several lanes as if they were on a slalom course.

Our campground is set among palm trees

and along an inlet leading to the Gulf of Mexico where we were able to watch some real wildlife.