Texas!

On the way out of New Orleans, we enjoyed the beautiful views of Lake Ponchetrain.  It was amazing the amount of causeways (bridge highways) that criss-cross that lake.  Unfortunately, that meant 2 hours of riding a bucking bronco due to the truck and trailer combo on the seamed cement road.  Karen had to go to sleep or get out the barf bag.  Georgia looked like popping popcorn in her chair.  It was truly sad to see her aim for her mouth with her peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Even though we headed out bright and early, leaving NO at 7:45am to beat the heat going west, it was a long, hot drive to Houston.  it was our longest yet at 6 hours.  Luckily, Georgia made it with the help of the 'purple pooter', aka the iPad.  We pulled into Karen's cousin Bob's driveway and headed straight for their pool.  We tend to do that a lot.

G's first pool slide!

Cousin Bob - So good with Georgia.

Georgia was enamoured by Bob and Laura's 3 kids, Sawyer (11 year old girl), Carson (12 year old boy) and Parker (soon to be 15 year old boy).  That meant some long-needed relief for Karen and Tim.  The next morning we took a trip to the Children's museum on Houston.  A fantastic wonderland of games to capture all the kids' attention.  Georgia's favourite was the toddler sized grocery store where you could put your food in the basket and check out at the counter.  Unfortunately, she enjoyed the outdoor water play a little too much and mum and dad forgot spare clothes.  So, thank goodness for hand driers in bathrooms.

Thanks so much to the Peddicords who shared their life and home, a special thanks to Sawyer for giving us her room, Carson for the delicious chocolate cheesecake cupcakes and to Parker for spending so much time in the pool with G!  We were so thrilled to see that Sawyer had a US  map on the wall and was highlighting our route as we blogged.   We have fans!