Where are they going? And why are they? Do we know?

Last week, Robert dropped me off at UofH.  On the way there, we passed a very long freight train leaving the Port of Houston.  The train consisted solely of flatbed cars, each loaded with Bradley fighting vehicles, M1A1 Abrams tanks, motorized artillery, Humvees - more than a hundred vehicles - all painted in desert colors.

This was an unusual experience.

Then, today, while waiting for the bus (hopefully for the last time in a LONG time), I see these going by on low-boy trucks - straight through the tony Galleria area, heading in from the west.

These are US Navy, 31 foot River Patrol Boats.  Why are they driving down the middle of Westheimer?  From where were they coming?  Where were they going?  Why?