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Old 03-24-2016, 11:21 AM
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Texas is an awesome state, it has almost everything anyone would want for climate. In the east side they get a good bit of water and on the west side it is desert.
The Houston area is quite humid and warm during the summer months but the winter months it rarely get below 40F degrees.
My wife's brother lives in the Austin area and maybe some day I will be able to talk my wife into moving down there so we can also bath in the sun. Up here in Minnesota many of the days either winter or summer are covered with clouds and many times the clouds are so low VFR is out and IFR is in.
I hope you enjoy your move to Houston. Be careful not to go swimming in the water areas south east of Houston there are alligators in them.. Great fishing though..
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Old 03-24-2016, 11:23 AM
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Alligators?? Ouch!!!
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Old 03-24-2016, 11:37 AM
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Alligators?? Ouch!!!
You'll also become acquainted with fire ants...
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Old 03-24-2016, 11:42 AM
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We don't have those kind of animals here!!!!

...I just hope there are not so many spiders....(I'm arachnofobic!!) ...if there are, please don't tell it!!!
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Old 03-24-2016, 03:33 PM
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Alligators?? Ouch!!!
There alligators in that water? Nah.



Came across this little ~12-14 footer in Armand Bayou last Spring Break. Great kayaking area near Clear Lake and the space center.
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Old 03-24-2016, 05:47 PM
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is the RV7 wing kit available?
what stage is it at?
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Old 03-24-2016, 07:31 PM
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Welcome to Houston! Being from Brooklyn the one thing you can't get here is good Italian food. I miss that. Although every other year my family (Sicilians) make about 400 jars of fresh sauce. Takes all day and about a case of wine keeps us going, But it's a great time. Been on here for years and getting ready to pull the trigger (you will get used to that as well ""lots of guns in Texas) on an RV10. I am based out of David Wayne Hooks (KDWH) and have a Christen Eagle II, aerobatic biplane. Hope to see ya.
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Old 03-25-2016, 02:26 AM
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Ok... I'll stay away from the water!

Hi Mark, making homemade fresh sauce is, unfortunately, a tradition that we are going to loose.. Not so many people still have the time (and patience) to do it.
About Italian food, well, I'll miss it a lot. Fortunately, my wife cooks very well. I'm sure we'll be able to find all the needed ingredients... you are all invited for a homemade true Italian lasagna!

Hope to get a ride in the Christen Eagle!!!
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Old 03-28-2016, 08:42 AM
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Claudio,

Welcome to Houston.

One thing you should be prepared for is that native Houstonians, and longtime transplants, have a very different sense of distance.

The Greater Houston area is over 10,000 square miles (26,000 square km) so we think nothing of driving 35 to 50 miles (56 to 80 km) to a store or restaurant. We also tend to refer to any distance under 25 miles (40 km) as just around the corner or just down the street.
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Old 03-30-2016, 01:57 AM
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Hi Rattler,
thank you for the information.

I come from a small city where "around the corner" means exactly that... you can go from one extreme of the city to another in no more than 20 minutes!
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