We spent three days in Houston with Harold and Charlsy. We got to see Hal and William too; Chami was in Thailand visiting her family.
Uncle Harold took us out on the boat in Galveston Bay. Our day included a great lunch at Fisherman's Wharf. As many times as I've been to Galveston I am always amazed at how different the sights look from the water compared to the view from land.
Next was two nights with Cousin Terry in Broussard, Louisiana. Terry was my mother's favorite cousin. We had a great visit and it was fun to show Justin "the homestead" property.
When we were in Austin Dellene made gumbo. In Alvin, Charlsy made Shrimp Court Boullion and, here in Cajun country, Terry made crayfish etoufee. We sure did take advantage of local cuisine. We even were in the right place at the right time to take advantage of local strawberries. We stopped for lunch in Ponchatula, Louisiana to meet with Dan Woods for lunch at the local diner. Dan owns the property in Celestun that we might be interested in buying. We met him for lunch to chat and to set up a situation where we have first rights of refusal. We walked all around the beach front property when we were there this winter and we will want to wait until next fall when return to Celestun and can actually get inside the house before we make a decision. Dan was an art professor in New Orleans before retirement. He and Justin had an immediate connection since he too is from the Midwest. 
On to Green Bay. We spent the night in Marion, Illinois where the grass was just turning green and there were signs of spring. We drove on into Green Bay on Monday, 27 March where there were mounds of this strange white/gray stuff in the parking lots all around town. We visited our house and turned on the heat. We'll get the water, etc going tomorrow. We left Green Bay on 30 November 2016. Four months and about 10,000 miles later, we checked into a hotel perhaps the last night for a while.
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