Galveston

Our trip to Galveston, Texas was my first. We decided to go since it is located only one hour from Houston and we thought it would be a fun activity. We were looking forward to seeing the history of the city as well as visiting the beach town. I think Don had been there as a youth.

The beach was not as I expected. I had heard that the beaches are brown, the water less than beautiful and in general not great beaches. Still, not what I expected - I knew I would not see the sugar white beach of the Alabama/Florida Gulf Coast, but still.

A seawall was built along the water, so all hotels are located across the main drag of the city. To get to the beach, you have to cross a busy street and then down a flight of stairs. To deal with erosion, huge granite bolders were placed along the shoreline.

Directly across from our hotel were the huge bolders - about a mile down the road were regular beaches. The water smelled, which Walker could not deal with. The smell might have been better on the regular beach.

We visited The Strand, a historic outdoor shopping center. Reese enjoyed a game of chess on an oversized chess board. We went in a few shops and just walked around. We saw at Carnival Cruise ship - and geeze, was it HUGE!

Dinner was at Gaido's an old school, recommended fish restauant.