Monday, April 7th:
We left Baton Rouge with our sights on Texas. After a stop in Beaumont for lunch we landed in Galveston. I've never really thought about this as a city where people live, and live quite nicely, but rather as an industrial shipping hub with the accompanying bleak town surrounding it.
I was so wrong.
First, shipping is only not so important. The port lost out to Houston's some time ago. Now it's a city of 47k with a beach community (world's longest seawall!), a cruise port, a significant Texas A&M campus, a state park and some beautiful historic areas. There's a huge botanical garden and some nice neighborhoods.There are 6 historic districts and more than 60 structures on the national registry. Some of those houses are incredibly opulent in that early-20th century way.
After checking into our 70's-retro motel, we rode for about 2 hours though much of the established parts of the city and then out to a park area on the east side. Dinner was mediocre mexican.
No pics for today's travels. I'm having camera problems that I'll try to take care of in Houston tomorrow. By "take care of" I mean "buy another". Hopefully used & inexpensive. Stay tuned. We'll be off to San Antonio in the afternoon after lunch with Scott's colleagues in Katy.
Today's OMG moment: Saw a Roseate Spoonbill just off the road in east Galveston. I gasped. Camera choked.
Strange pursuit: Keeping a list of all the goofy festivals we see advertised. Example? The Worm-Gruntin' Festival in Sopchoppy, FL. What is worm-grunting anyway?
Observation: Conspicuous consumption is alive and well in Beaumont.
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