APRIL 3: HOUSTON TO RALEIGH – DAY 10

The last day of our trip was the travel home.  We welcomed an hour delay that allowed us to get a little more sleep   We stayed close to the airport and the security line was unusually short so that all went well.  We flew in and out of Charlotte because the flights were significantly less than Raleigh, but today we had to pay the price of an added 3 hours of driving to get to my happy place, the couch.  I knew the day I booked the flights I’d regret it today, and I did, until we got in the car and enjoyed the ride home together despite some unusually heavy traffic.
Final Thoughts on ‘THE TEXAN 2016’:

To be fair, our visits to each area were brief but the they left strong first impressions.  I think we all agreed that San Antonio was the most fun place to visit for a long weekend but Austin had the most to offer if you were relocating.  Both are worth a visit.  If you stay downtown in each, most of the best sightseeing can be done on foot but you will miss interesting things on the outskirts of both cities if you do not have a car.

Houston is big, not like New York or Chicago, more like Atlanta.  Downtown is walkable but there is a limited number of things to see downtown.  Traffic was a big problem and a large percentage of the commuters appeared to have a death wish.  Galveston was much nicer and Corpus Christi / Padre Island were less impressive than I had imagined.  All of it was interesting to see.

If we had to plan the trip again knowing what we know now, we might make slight modifications but for the most part we do it just the same, except I would have bought Final Four tickets earlier.

Our next trip will be to the United Kingdom, including Ireland, Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland.  I hope to blog that trip as well.