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Sunday, July 19, 2015

Day 54

Day 54: 7/10/15 (Houston, TX)
32 miles

We didn’t have much of a plan for Houston, but we knew we had to find the Hard Rock so we could pick up some drumsticks.  We continued our search for apartments for the better part of the day.  We were really hoping to find a place since we’ll be home in 3 weeks.  Jillian’s sister wasn’t able to make one of the viewings due to a wedding so we asked her mom to help out.  She ended up offering to view the other 2 apartments with Chelsea that are in Nashua and Merrimack.  The day got away from us a bit so we decided to stop searching and get out of the house.  We went downtown just to stop in at the Hard Rock and then went to a Walmart to find something to cook for dinner.

 Walmart is pretty well-established as a grocery store back home so we figured it would be our one-stop shopping destination for food and a few other things we needed to pick up.  Come to find out, this Walmart only had about 5 aisles of groceries and didn’t even have some of the non-grocery items we needed.  We asked Jillian’s cousin where the closet grocery store was that had produce and she directed us to Krogers – duh! the southern/midwest Walmart.  When we walked in we immediately regretted even trying to go to Walmart.  We were greeted with a wine tasting which was just what we needed after our Walmart experience.  We walked around and picked up tons of fruit and some broccoli, and of course, ice cream and beer.  We found this beer called Wild Blue, which is brewed in St. Louis, and decided to give it a try.  Jillian ended up opening a Krogers card so we could get some discounts even though we’ll probably never use it again. 

When we got back to the house, Caitlin was home from work so we just hung out and chatted all night.  We made some macaroni and cheese and broccoli for dinner and had some chips and berries to snack on beforehand.  The beers ended up being really good, and they were 8% so they were good and strong.  We were planning to leave early in the morning for New Orleans so Rico headed to bed, and Jillian stayed up with her cousin.  She was going to the movies later that night so they hung out until she had to leave.  Once Jillian had finished packing their things up and cleaning up in the kitchen she headed to bed too.

Fact:
Wild Blue is the best blueberry beer - sorry Seadog

Lesson:
 If Walmart fails you, Kroger has your back


Eat Well; Travel Often
Rico & Jillian

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