Blogs from Galveston, Texas, United States, North America

Heading back East...we have seen and experienced so many amazing people, places and things. The gift of time is a blessing...we have a list of ideas and thoughts ? that we are anxious to explore when we get home ? On the road again, 10E - Pearl Harbor Memorial Hwy. Pit stop ? on Bob Hope Drive. Our plan is really no plan, other than different highways and stops - not as many parks to check out. First destination is Saguaro National Park, home of the largest cactus ??. Camping ⛺️ nearby since the national park does not have a campground. Gilbert Ray Campground, only 3 miles from the park visitor center. Perfect spot for the night and only $10 ? We are ready for some fresh air and sleeping ? again under the ✨ stars. ... read more

I ordered room service for breakfast and got ready for the day. I was meeting Debbi and Ashley for lunch on the pool deck at one of the bars. While I was waiting I ordered my first Rum Punch. I love this drink, it's like fruit punch but with Rum. I actually wound up having probably a few too many throughout the afternoon, but they were really good. Ashley & Debbi never showed so I wound up running into Melissa from our Waco office and hung out with her and Daniel most of the day by the pool. We had a lot of fun talking and laughing and even tried a burger from Guy's Burger Joint and they are very good burgers. Several other agents found us by the pool so it wound up being quite ... read more

Geo: 29.2953, -94.8079Nikki and i woke before the alarm and I could tell we were still bouncing a little but not moving. i looked out the window and saw lights from what I thought were oil rigs. But, shortly after we woke up, the captain made an announcement that the Port of Galveston was fogged in and closed because visibility was zero. By now it was light enough to see that what i thought were oil rigs were actually ships. We were told that we were expecting word sometime between 7 and 9 am as to when the port would open. We were also told that we needed to go to our assigned breakfast time but we could continue to use our staterooms.We had decided to go to Cabanas for breakfast so when the time came ... read more

Bonjour à tous. Avant de démarrer ce matin, je regarde sur la grande région de Houston, où coucher ce soir, et je tombe sur Galveston, qui est une station balnéaire, dont j'ai déjà entendu parler en bien, et qui sait, pour faire un petit break. Je vous le dis de suite c'est raté. Le programme du matin rejoindre l'autoroute pour rentrer au Texas, pour le stop au tourisme info. Première chose, une fois équipé de la carte de l'état, et du guide touristique, vite quitter cette autoroute, pour rejoindre Galveston. Exactement comme hier, même configuration une route isolée sur une presqu'île dans le bayou. Super. Le premier panneau que je vois au Texas indique El Paso 1400 km. Imaginé la superficie du Texas ?. C'est les deuxième état le plus vaste après l'Alaska. Plus grand que ... read more

Geo: 29.2953, -94.8079What a surprisingly delightful day! Not that I'm truly surprised we had fun because we always do, but surprised because it was an unusual sort of day and everything was fun.We began by getting up just in time for our free Holiday Inn Express breakfast - why does breakfast have to end so early - 9:30am? Sheesh, but it got us up and moving.Today we drove to Galveston, TX with a couple of ideas in mind. We arrived at the Texas Maritime Museum area roughly four minutes before one of their scheduled "Harbor Tour/Dolphin Watching" tours. Great timing! We got on the boat and went up to the top deck. Soon we were trailing a shrimper and sure enough there were dolphins. I guess they like what gets caught up in the nets. After ... read more