Well this is it. We would have posted last night, but we were wiped after our voyage downtown.
The day yesterday was fairly uneventful otherwise. I exercised some at the Country Inn and Suites. This place is a pretty good deal. Their internet is complementary and the entire room rate is only $69 on a Saturday.
Houston's MetroRail is a fairly efficient light rail. The only slowdown is that it runs at-grade the entire way and has to stop for traffic signals. Can't beat the price though. It only costs $1 no matter where you get on and a Day Pass is only $2. It serves an incredibly huge Medical Complex called the Texas Medical Center. Pretty much every Houston University and hospital group is represented here. It's like a mini-city just for sick people.
It was a short four-block walk to the Toyota Center. This is a fairly impressive arena, as it is home to the National Show-Off Association's Houston Rocketos. They drape enormous black curtains to hide the upper deck sections for hockey. We managed to get a fairly decent end seat for $12. The last place San Antonio (Holmes) Rampage came to town with a chip on their shoulder and jumped out to a 5-1 second period lead over the hometown Houston Aeros.
It was a good comfortable night out. Like a slice of Canada/Rochester in the middle of Texas. We were snapped back to reality by the fact that there were palm trees right outside the building. We then went to a interesting bar near the arena called The B.U.S., that looked like it used to be a garage, for drinks before heading back to the train.
We will be leaving in 44 minutes to pick up our 'tailgating' stuff from Sonic and whatever else we see on the way to the Texans. I'm told it is 2007 in Guam. Good for them. They deserve it.
See you all in Rochester at 11:59PM Eastern!
-Bob
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