It was a short trip to Houston, but very enjoyable, and an exciting city.
It was full of skyscrapers, malls, an interstate highway, multi-cultural people, and sites.
I traveled from Huntsville, Alabama, to Houston, Texas, to visit my daughter and her boyfriend.
When I landed, they were there waiting for me. My daughter's boyfriend drove his 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 lovely 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, which is located in an eighteen-acre landscaped park.
It is a 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 flows over both walls.
You can see the Williams Tower, a 64-story office tower 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 of 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, 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 of 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 at Houston International Airport (IAH)
Leave Houston International Airport (IAH)
Arrive Huntsville International Airport (HSV)
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