As I’ve always said, baseball is the perfect excuse to get out and travel, and see places that I never gave much thought to. I’d never been to Texas before in my life; it’s not that I’ve never wanted to go to Texas before, but I’ve never really had any excuse to go prior to the pursuit of baseball parks. I don’t know enough about the areas and cities, and there’s never been any sort of event or occurrence in any Texas that has drawn my attention to demand a warranting trip (that I’ve been able to make happen). But thanks to wanting to visit all the baseball parks, I have reasons to visit Texas, when the opportunities present themselves.
And as my schedule revealed, I had the opportunity to make a day trip to Houston over the weekend. First time visiting the state of Texas, seeing a city I’d never been to before, and take in a ballpark that makes me one ballpark closer to having visited all 30 Major League teams. I didn’t spend a tremendous amount of time in the city, since I had a few small objectives, and with a baseball game, there wasn’t a massive amount of free time to simply explore and wander too much, but for what it’s worth, I had a pretty decent afternoon in Houston.