Texas to Louisiana

Last night we had a great time on the Riverwalk, even though it rained. I think the rain probably kept some people away, but with umbrella in hand we still enjoyed the evening. We walked around for a while trying to decide where to eat and settled on a barbecue place, City Line. The atmosphere was fun & comfortable...lots of brick & wood. I'm not sure how it would rate with barbecue "experts" but we thought it was great. After a good meal we meandered along the Riverwalk for a while, and when the rain began to pick up decided to get inside for a while. We walked up to street level and went to Howl at the Moon. What a great time! It's a rock & roll duelling piano show, with four piano players who alternate in and out, along with a couple of guitars, drums and a horn player to fill things out. The music is non-stop, anything from the 70's to today, with requests from the crowd and they keep the place hopping. There is a mirror behind the stage where customers can pay to have a "Phrase of the Night" put up...so I couldn't resist. We Are Highly Mobile made the board! It was a fun night, but we paid today and we were both pretty tired. So sad to get old! :)

Today was another travel day, uneventful and pretty boring. We needed to restock our cooler, so we stopped at a couple of small towns along the way looking for a grocery store. Found one that was pretty bad and we actually walked out empty handed! The second try was better and we managed to pick up what we needed. We've been having picnic lunches at rest areas along the Interstates and have had very good luck with them. There are usually nice picnic tables with shaded shelters and restrooms...until today. The only rest area we found was so bad we left and ate at a Cracker Barrel down the road. Other than that, except for a stressful ride through Houston traffic it was just an easy, but fairly boring, ride down the Interstate. We had dinner tonight at a Texas Roadhouse...good food and a nice chat with the bartender...then back to the hotel for an early night. Tomorrow night we'll stay in Birmingham, then on to Atlanta for a couple of days with Jen & Mike. It will be nice to see them!