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| Our Rental Car....kinda reminds me of a cop car |
We loaded her up....the trunk was full with our luggage, sleeping bags and camping supplies. We also had the back seat loaded up with a cooler for our 36 pack of water, munchies for the road, and Stella had some of her dresses hanging up. I'm sure we over packed but hey, we ARE girls and I'd rather be over prepared than under prepared.
We left Houston around 1pm and neither of us had eaten lunch yet, so we decided to stop at our favorite Houston Mexican restaurant....Chuy's. We stopped at the new Chuy's in Katy, TX so we were at least a little on the way. It was surprisingly packed for being a little after the normal lunchtime rush. We of course had the yummy chips ,salsa and jalapeno ranch. Yum! I ordered the Taco Salad with ground beef. Tasty but huge! I think my favorite thing at Chuy's are the Bean Chalupa's and Green Chile Stew. Stella and I can't stop smiling. We are so excited for this road trip!
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| ICEE at Chuys |
Alright, let's get outta here! We stopped at Bucee's on the way to the Riverwalk because I wanted to find out what Beaver Nuggets were and it's a huge gas station with food and souvenirs and pretty much anything you could want to pick up for the road. I thought they might be some sort of Jerky nugget. To my surprise, they were similar to Corn Pops, the cereal, except covered in caramel. Pretty good though. I love the fountain drinks that you can add cherry and vanilla to anything. I got Diet Dr Pepper with cherry and vanilla. Sooo good!
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| It's a VERY popular place and always busy. |
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| ICEE with Cherry Sours, Beaver Nuggets, and my drink. |
Almost to San Antonio. We have our GPS set to take us to the Alamo in San Antonio. Might as well make some stops on the way out of Texas since it's going to be a long drive. Parking was kinda tricky near the Riverwalk. We ended up parking in a pricey parking garage. $12 for 2 hours. Boo. We got our picture taken at the Alamo then headed to the Riverwalk.
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| Stella and Petunia at the Alamo |
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| Stella showin ICEE some love in front of the Alamo |
You can walk around inside the Alamo and take a tour of it but we've both already seen it before so we were just there for the photo op. Now to find where we wanna have dinner.
Stella suggested that we eat at Dick's Last Resort. I wasn't too thrilled about this because they are Dicks to you. Seriously. They aren't very friendly to anyone. Not exactly something I'd normally pay for but I've never been so I'll go along with it.
Ok, so we get to Dick's and wait in line for a little bit. They check out IDs at the front door....not sure why because there are kids in this place. The hostess sends inside to another host. We go to the restroom instead. We get back, the next host checks out IDs again. I'm not saying much because I don't really want them to be mean to me. Stella is asking a million questions....he throws her ID on the ground. lol. Then sends us outside again. Seriously, we just want a table! I think it's a seat yourself type of place so we squeeze into the middle of some picnic tables outside so we have a view of the riverwalk. They only have drink/appetizer menus on the tables. The waiter tries talking us into some alcoholic beverages which I say is a bad idea since we are on a ROAD TRIP. Lot's of driving ahead. He then walks away and really only talks to us from other tables. Kind of annoying to me because I'm not a loud person. Then we learn the menu is ON THE CEILING! We gotta look up to see what type of food they have. They really are dicks in this place. I don't like it. I just get a Chicken Caesar Salad which was pretty good. Stella got the S.W. Salad. She again asks too many questions. I tell her this guy is gonna get her if she doesn't stop! 
This place creates hats for people with crazy stuff written on them. Stella kept asking when she was going to get her hat. I was just fine with NO HAT. While eating, we get our hats. First she gets hers. "I PUT OUT" is written on it. hahahahaha. Then later I get mine "NOT MORE THAN ME!" wtf. Stella gets a good loud laugh in before she tells me what my hat says. Alright alright, it is pretty funny so I leave it o. When we ask for the check, the waiter jokes about wanting our phone numbers...haha since we put out. Still not a big fan of the place though. Can we get back on the road yet?
Yay, ok. Back on the road. West Texas, here we come! We are driving on I-10 towards El Paso to get out of Texas.
Note to self: Don't drink so much water while you are on a road trip or you will be stopping a lot for potty breaks.
I don't mind stopping though cuz it gives you a little break from driving and you get to see some cool stuff along the way. We had to stop at Potter's Pecans to use the restroom. They had a cool outhouse with a code that you need to punch in to use it. They had a lot of cute knick knacks and obviously lots of pecans. I got some caramel pecans, there were super tasty!
On the road again...... After a few more potty breaks and 5 hours later. We arrive in Fort Stockton, TX to see the great Paisano Pete, the 10 foot tall Road Runner. It's right off I-10 Business/285 that runs through the middle of town, at the corner of Main Street. We arrived around 1am on a Friday night so all the good ol' boys were out drinking. It kinda made me a little nervous cuz I was afraid someone would stop while we were taking pictures of Pete. We did get a whistle and a honk but luckily no one stopped.
So nothing is really open in this town at 1am except for bars and a Wal-mart. We stopped to use the restroom at Wal-mart at 1:30am and bought some things that we had forgotten to pack. This Wally World only had paper bags. That was a first.
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| Fort Stockton, TX - only paper bags. No plastic. |
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To be continued.....
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