Howdy! Two stories ago we made the trek all the way from Bora Bora to Houston, Texas via L.A. Yee haw! This is my first official trip to Houston and coming here is almost like visiting another country. Most of the folks on the plane had a long drawl (y'all) and somehow just seemed bigger and louder. There were two women sitting behind me. One of them was so loud, I almost had to shush her. But as their state slogan goes, I didn't want to mess with Texas. I knew it was going to be a long flight when she ordered vodka tonics just after takeoff ... which was at 8:30am. However, her seatmate spoke quietly as well as my polite, interesting Texan bible-reading seatmate who tried to get me to convert to her Christian church.