Part two continues my journey and the details of the LAN itself.

My first leg of the plane trip has me seated next to this elderly lady. Not an issue, until she opens her mouth…She just wouldn’t shut up the whole time. Okay, I’m a talker, but this lady out talked me. I grin and bear it, knowing I’ll be in Houston soon. I have a layover in Dallas. The lady says goodbye and I’m left on the plane as the only passenger moving on to Houston. Well, that is until the folks in Dallas board the plane. This leg has me seated about 4 rows in front of a screaming child the whole time. Yikes. Again though, I know I’ll be in Houston and this part of the plane trip is only 45 minutes.

BTW, did I mention it was 67° in Pittsburgh when I left? Well, when I get to Houston is 93°. Damn folks, that is hot. Or at least a major change in temperature. I keep my cool (pun intended) though as I know I’ll be in an air conditioned vehicle soon and from there the LAN destination.

My friend RM Samurai (Sam) picks me up in his HUGE Ford truck, along with his son and another member, RM Dees. We take a short jaunt to Taco Bell, then head to RM Samurai’s house. I’m a little jet-lagged, but not too bad.

Now to say everything is bigger in Texas…I’ve heard it my whole life not really believing it…well, if not everything, then many things are bigger. Sam’s place is awesome. A ranch house form the outside, you’d never think it had that much room on the inside. Beautiful cathedral ceilings, a huge living room, oh and flooded with toys on bookshelves. I was in a little slice of heaven (being a toy collector myself). I met Sam and Dees wives and then we got to gaming!

Here are Sam (in orange) and Dees gaming on the BIG couch (with Dees’s wife looking on):

I didn’t game as late as I wanted too being lagged and having a headache so I called it a night around Midnight.

Sam’s parents live right next door and I was offered their guest bedroom for my stay in Houston. Folks, they do it up right. The guest room was better than any hotel I’ve EVER stayed at in my life. Nice Queen sized bed high off the floor, large bathroom with two sinks, separate room for toilet and large walk-in shower with seating at the front and back of the shower. I’m not a great sleeper no matter where I’m at, but I did get a good night’s sleep here and knew I would the rest of the trip.

Day Two in the next post…