Autumn in Texas

Jacob, Richie, and I flew to Houston from Detroit yesterday morning. None of us got more than a few hours of sleep Friday night because we had foolishly left our packing until the last minute. We arrived in Texas to find above-normal temperatures (upper 80s!), so not only were we tired and sluggish, we were hot as well. We were all much perkier today after getting a decent amount of sleep last night.

Jim, Jacob, Richie, and I drove out to Jean's place around noon today. Jacob and Richie helped her set up her new Wii game system, which has been sitting idle for almost a week. Even though Jean is an IT specialist at work, she could not quite figure out how to connect all of those troublesome wires & sync all of that pesky equipment. Later, we went to a farm in the rural western Houston suburbs to check out a corn maze and pumpkin patch. After almost collapsing from heat exhaustion while wandering through the corn field in the blazing sun (wimpy me - not the others), we rushed to buy snow cones. We also enjoyed a hayride, pig races, and a host of other fall farm activities.

There was a wacky "Goat Bridge" at the farm where the critters walked up, over, and around 20-foot-high catwalks and platforms. They were lured up the walkways with treats.

The corn maze was not the biggest we have ever seen, but not the smallest either.

Jen, Jake, and Richie ventured into the corn.

Jenna worked on her biceps.

The gang on the hay wagon.