Trip to Galveston
Sunrise yesterday over Port Arthur
From Port Arthur there are two basic ways to get to Galveston. The first is to take an expressway north to I10 and then I10 west to Houston and then another freeway south and over a bridge to Galveston Island. The second heads west and south over bayous and flatlands ‘till it reaches the shoreline. It then goes west along the coast to the end of a spit. At the end of the spit there is no bridge. A ferry instead. And it is free! Guess which way we went.
Neat drive through little shoreline towns and small neighborhoods. EVERY house is built off the ground on pilings. Car parking on the ground, ‘deck’ on the second level, and actual house on the third level. And all houses painted in a variety of bright colors. Don’t think we would want to see the conditions that dictate this type of construction.
Neighborhood on stilts
Two story house on stilts
Inhabitant must have physical disability
Town on stilts
Entire K-8 school on stilts
The ferry runs 24/7 allowing people to live on the spit and still have easy access to the touristy Galveston.
Pelicans at ferry terminal
Carbus on ferry
Approaching Galveston
Ferry ride was about 20 minutes from load to unload. We drove along the shoreline, parked, and strolled the beach for a bit.
Tourists on the Gulf of Mexico
Surf foam. Note the brown tinge.
Then north 20 miles to an off the freeway RV park. In the afternoon we visited several stores to complete a craft project we are working on and then mailed it. We located the entrance to the Johnson Space Center, our goal for Thursday. Now to find something for tomorrow. Maybe back to Galveston.
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