Houston

We got out of Houston fairly early and drove in rain, sometimes pouring, from Houston to the "valley"  We came down what will soon be I69 out of Houston and it will run all the way to Brownsville, TX, if they ever get it completed.  About 100 miles out of Mission it quit raining so driving was much easier after that.  The speed limit on that stretch of road is usually 70 to 75 mph so you can cruise right along and make some pretty good time.  We made it to our home in Mission around 6:00 p.m. and unloaded the car.  The house was in good shape and even smelled good.  The only problem we found was some rust in the freezer portion of the refrigerator.  The yard is nice and green and had been freshly mowed.  The shrubs have been cut back so it looked really nice.  Our local Mexican restaurant, Las Margaritas was not open so we opted to eat at Whataburger which is right up the road from us.  They are doing some construction on Bentsen Palm Dr so had to go a little out of the way to get back home but not too far.