SOLAS HOUSE

The black sky was like a drop cloth over the prairie grass and the only thing we could see were the bugs darting in and out of the light from our car's headlights. We were only 60 miles west from Houston in Eagle Lake, Texas, but the big city felt a lifetime away. I turned my neck to see behind us and the brightness of the headlight beams from another car made me wince. My husband, Steve, yawned, which made me yawn. It was early and we hoped we weren't too late.

Primary location: Palo Alto United States