Five hour tour

[bill_schubert]

It took us five hours to get back from Port Aransas.  Three stops.  One to get a picture of an interesting statue in Refugio, Texas.  I've got to research what is the story.  This is what stopped me:

Our family was not one to stop.  Ever.  And certainly not for a statue.  Trips were made to be completed ASAP.  

Turns out our trip was along a trail of towns that were in my Texas history book.  So now I've got to go back and read some more and think about maybe reversing part of the trip to see the places.  It is not Gettysburg and Manassas and The Wilderness but still interesting and a lot closer.  It is Goliad and Refugio and Cuero.  And I've got the book.

We also stopped for gas and crappy food as is required in the travel manual.

One very nice thing that I've not taken advantage of.  We have a Nest but never go anywhere so it doesn't do very much.  But I did not set the thermostat when we left.  It knew we had gone as my cell phone was gone and we were not moving and it was quiet.  So it turned the heat down to 60 (15) degrees and put everything in an Away status.  I saw this before we returned so when we got close-ish, I brought the heat back up so we wouldn't have to enter a cold house.

Ain't technology grand?

And our neighbors took the trash cans down so our trash was emptied.  

All is well in the neighborhood and Zoe is happily sleeping in my chair.