On Jun 16, 7:27*am, jmcquown > wrote:
> On 6/16/2013 9:07 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> > On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:29:26 -0500, George Leppla
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> >> Today Becca and I are going to drive into Houston to the nearest big
> >> Asian market. *We only go maybe once a year (it is over an hour drive)
> >> so we stock up on rice noodles of all kinds, spring roll wrappers, all
> >> kinds of sauces and maybe even some frozen dumplings.
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> >> Lunch will be at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant where I will
> >> probably still order the Pho and Becca will get more adventurous and
> >> order some kind of noodle dish.
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> >> I love road trips like this... nothing important to do and all day to do it.
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> > I don't know that I'd call that an all day "road trip", Mapquest says:
> > Via US-59 N 45.54 miles
> > 51 mins */ *50 mins based on current traffic
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> Yabbut... Mapquest also says I can get to the airport/Savannah in an
> hour. *Sure, it's only 60 miles. *I *could* get there in an hour. *IF I
> drove 60 miles per hour all the way. *Too bad there are stretches of
> road where the speed limit is 40 MPH, sometimes even as slow as 35 MPH,
> en route. *It takes, at the very least, 1-1/2 hours to get there and
> that's with light traffic and not running into any road construction.
> There are lots of two lane roads until you hit I-95.
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> At any rate, I suspect George and Becca would like this to be a nice
> leisurely drive. Take in the scenery and such.
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> > Take lots of pictures!
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> That would be nice.
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> Jill

No kidding. It's about the same distance as George and Becca have
from my house to Seattle and, trust me,
Seattle is an all day trip if you are going to do as much as they are
doing. It's always a pleasure trip too !