Up north a bit, at the site of the last
(and very brief) battle of the Texas Revolution, is the San Jacinto Monument. This edifice is a bit taller than the Washington
Monument in D.C., and has a commanding view of the Houston area. One can get a feel for how utterly planar
this coastal area is, which makes Kansas seem positively undulating.
From the observation deck near the top, the
Battleship Texas on the Houston Ship Channel is easily espied. The heavily industrialized areas in Pasadena
and other surrounding satellites of Houston proper make for a sobering
scene. I imagine if one could take in
the view at night they’d be even more reminded of the future Los Angeles in
“Blade Runner”.
Just a few miles down the road from my pad
is the not-so-urban jungle at Armand Bayou Nature Center. There is an old farm site and a fair number
of critters to take a look at on display or flying/trundling/slithering around
the place. A highlight was finally
seeing living armadillos bustling about the undergrowth, not just crushed and
broken on the side of the road.
Thankfully, the mosquitoes were few and far between during my visit,
since it had been dry for a few weeks at that point. That would most definitely NOT be the case
now.
Most of my time is still spent at
work. Training is coming along well, and
I just keep trying to cram as much new knowledge and skill between my ears as
possible. It will still be a while
before I am put in the hot seat for simulations, and even longer for real
operations, but it feels rewarding to finally be putting things together and be
able to contribute to the team.
“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”~Henry David Thoreau
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