2014 Thanksgiving

2014 Thanksgiving weekend, Galveston, Texas.

The trip was arranged for us to take a break and be away from Magnolia for a brief while. Plus, we also wanted to meet our friends from Nebraska who traveled down to San Antonio and we planned to meet in Galveston. We were anxious to meet them and to catch up.

It took us almost 8 hours of driving to reach the beach from our house in Magnolia with a quick stop for lunch at Red Lobster restaurant in Lufkin, Texas. But the drive was easy and the road was relatively empty. After all it was a thanksgiving day where most people are already at home with loved ones to celebrate.

We decided to spend a night in Houston downtown and ended up at Crowne Plaza Hotel.

We were surprised when we were treated to a Friday-after-thanksgiving-day parade in downtown Houston. Had we known about it, it would be great for the children to come and see the parade. We left the hotel at noon and drove to a Chinese part of Houston where we met our friends and joined them at lunch at a HongKong Cantonese restaurant. The restaurant was packed and busy and filled with families celebrating the holidays. The food was delicious and was somehow taste differently from those at the regular Chinese American restaurants throughout the USA. Perhaps, it was me who was so looking for authenticity of national origin's flavor and this was it!

By the time we were done eating and visiting, it was time to hit the road for another hour and half drive to the beach!

[more to come - this is a work-in-progress without any editing and they are jotted down as the thoughts flow]