Thank You Steve Jobs for the iPhone!

So Tuesday late-afternoon we went to Angleton to see Jeff's soccer team play. Never mind that we both were thinking ALVIN, not Angleton, when we decided it was not that far from the beach ... just head in 45, exit at Bayou Vista and head west. Soon we realized that where we were actually going was about 25 miles farther than Alvin - and back south.

We made it to the game and it was exciting. I have to say these soccer players are aggressive! Jeff's team suffered several injuries ... a broken leg, a hurt kneecap and a kick to the ribs ... all while the opposition (who pretty much intentionally caused these injuries) complained to the refs if our side even blinked at them. I had no idea high school sports - other than football - was so dangerous.

"Jeff's girls", as Brady calls them, soldiered on for a win in double overtime. Unfortunately, I did not see the winning goal because I was frozen from the wind and went to the car for the last 10 minute overtime period. They played hard and deserved to win!

When it was time to leave, we decided we shouldn't make the trek back north to Alvin, but should find a more direct route ... even if it meant going south to Surfside, through San Louis Pass and up the Island the long way. We needed gas, so Jerry confirmed the directions at the station and they told us a different way - using FM 2004 - so we didn't have to go all the way to Freeport.

No street lights. No idea where we were going - we just went. So we get to FM 2004 pretty quickly and start heading into "the country". That's assuming Angleton is "the city". We're cruising along FM 2004 and Jerry says "I have no clue where we are" ... I said I didn't either and I'd try to see exactly where we were going on the iPhone.

I opened the map application and soon our little blue dot was tracking along FM 2004 - past the Brazoria County Wildlife Refuge (who knew there was one?), some huge chemical plant, through miles of NOTHING and finally back to Hwy 6 at Bayou Vista.

We were AMAZED at the technology. In areas where we didn't have a good cell connection, it still knew where we were. So thank you Steve Jobs and everyone at Apple! It's great to know that when you have no clue where you are, your iPhone does.