Houston Stopover & Blue Bell Ice Cream

After leaving Sabine Pass, we drove through Houston to spend the night with Sharon and Rusty, and their beautiful daughters, Jenna and Jalynn. Sharon is our daughter Stephanie’s sister-in-law. Rusty’s parents came from Corpus Christi, and we all had an evening of good food and fellowship. Jenna and Sharon attended a swim club banquet; Jenna looked beautiful as she and her mom drove away. While we took a walk down to a nearby lake, Rusty’s mom set out the delicious dinner Sharon had prepared for us. Rusty turns 50 this year and is riding his bicycle from Houston to Austin to raise money to help find the cure for MS. Good luck, Rusty! We enjoyed watching the NCAA game later as Ohio State came back for a 20 point deficit to whip Tennessee. It should be noted that everyone gave up and went to bed during the game except Jerry, the eternal optimist.

The next day we drove past many patches of blue bonnet flowers that adorn the Texas highways in the springtime. We also stopped to tour the Blue Bell Ice Cream Plant in Brennen. The fascinating operation included the packing of thousands of tubs of ice cream. Unfortunately, they would not allow cameras on the inside one hour tour. However the free dips at the end made up for that.