Monthly Archives: August 2011

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Drive-in

Of course, I have always known from experience, that drive-ins and drive-throughs are very frequent hereabouts, where it’s a common habit to do as much as possible in/with your car, as getting out is not much liked since it might … Continue reading

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Summer in Texas

What I’ve just read: “Come July, the devil stokes his furnaces real high, opens the draft, sends the flames to Texas so he can set up headquarters her in August and September.” quoted from: James Michener, Texas (New York, 1987), … Continue reading

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Houston …

… was somewhat greener when we were there on Monday and Tuesday. Well, that’s East Texas, and they usually have more rain than we do. On our way there, we – sadly though – saw that the parched countryside extends … Continue reading

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A Day in Port A

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Two days ago we once again were – surf temperatures of 88 degrees are really inviting and even that high a water temperature still has quite a nice cooling effect when air temperatures are way over 100 dgrees – in … Continue reading

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88 Degrees Water Temperature

No, that’s not the water in our bathtub, that’s the actual water temperature down here at the Texas Gulf Coast. But even so, with air temps at more than 100 degrees, it is still nicely cooling. Thus it’s high time … Continue reading