It was a short trip to Houston but very enjoyable, and a very interesting city.
It was full of skyscrapers, malls, interstate highway, multi-cultured people, and sites.
I traveled from Huntsville, Al to Houston Texas to visit my daughter, and her boyfriend.
When I landed they were there waiting for me, my daughter’s boyfriend drove he red truck very fast down the interstate back to their apartment.
Bush Intercontinental Airport is located approximately 23 miles north of downtown Houston, near the Sam Houston Tollway (Beltway 8 North)
My daughter had a nice apartment and it was full of new furniture.
They took me to the Galleria in downtown Houston, to the eighteen-acre park that featured a sixty-four-foot waterfall and out to eat.
We rode in the red truck not my daughter’s Mazda Mitia
We visited the Waterfall and Fountain in Houston that is located on an eighteen-acre landscaped park.
It is sixty-four foot semi-circular Water Wall, accented with a gabled structure supported by columns.
A total of 11,000 gallons of water per-minute flow over both walls.
You can see the Williams Tower which is a sixty-four-story office tower located at 2800 Post Oak Boulevard from the waterfall.
The Williams Tower forms a sleek silhouette with its silver gray reflective glass and aluminum anodized skin, accented by columns of bay windows made from non-reflective gray glass.
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| Red truck & my daughter’s Mazda Mitia |
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| Waterfall and Fountain in Houston |
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| The Williams Tower |
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| The Williams Tower and park |
We visited The Galleria which is the cornerstone of the Uptown District shopping Mecca and has been for over 30 years.
It has had several expansions and renovations to make it “THE mega-mall of Houston.”
It has Macy's, Nordstrom's, Banana Republic, Abercrombie & Fitch, Tiffany & Co., Gucci, and Versace and 100s of other retail stores.
It has a huge food court of fast food and fine dining.
There were two Westin Hotels within the Galleria.
In the middle of the mall was an ice-skating rink.
Everything you could want under one roof, shopping, dining, and entertainment and at the end of the day a hotel to rest yourself.
I was in Texas just a couple days not enough time to see everything.
Just a quick weekend visit and back home to work.
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| Houston Airport |
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| Houston Airport |
August 31-September 2, 1996 Houston Texas
Leave Huntsville International Airport (HSV)
Arrive Houston International Airport (IAH)
Leave Houston International Airport (IAH)
Arrive Huntsville International Airport (HSV)
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