Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Ridiculous to Sublime - Mar 30
A short note from the beach. We have traveled a whole 200 miles this week, so thought we should give an update. Monday & Tuesday nights we spent in Bay City, TX. We were at the strangest RV park -- we were just sort of squeezed into a strange little overflow spot on some gravel,surrounded by semi-permanent trailers. The whole place was full of re-employed nuclear plant workers who had nowhere else to live. They were reluctant full-timers!! We wanted to stay in Bay City so we could visit a nearby NWR and picked it because it was halfway between Goose Island SP and Galveston Island SP. The San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge was quite nice, and definitely worth a stop. Unfortunately the mosquitos were so bad we couldn't get out of the car to do any hiking. We have since bought some 100% DEET stuff, so we'll see if it works. We tried one trail -- saw two alligators about 10 feet long -- and then the wind stopped and the mosquitos circled in for the kill. So we ran back to the truck! The other interesting fact about Bay City was the trains. Our RV Park ("Travelers Paradise" -- HAW!) was along the train tracks right near an intersection. There were at least 3 major train lines joining in this town. They blew two long, one short and one very long every time they passed through the intersection. One night it seemed like there were over 20 trains -- or one train 20 times. The cats had very round eyes and alert ears!
So after that fiasco, we headed for the beach on Wednesday, having no idea what to expect without a reservation. We arrived at Galveston Island State Park and found the most beautiful camping spot we have ever stayed at. It's almost on the beach -- just over the dunes. When we wake up in the morning and lift up our heads we can see the surf rolling in. We do not have sewer hookups, just water & electric, so we will probably leave on Monday. It is so beautiful, we just wish we could stretch out a long row of campers and have all of you here to share it with us. We spend a lot of time checking out the progress of the tide. The only downer is that Doug has caught a bad cold. However, he can still enjoy it here. We had lots of plans for various outings, but it is so beautiful here in our camp site that we may never get anywhere. The cats find the roar of the surf and the screeching of the seagulls & grackles quite startling. It brings out a little of the wild in them.
We got a mail drop today, and it was a little amusing. It was in the downtown Galveston PO. We just tromped in wearing our beach bum clothes and picked up our mail. Then we asked if there was a restroom and the clerk said, "Up the elevator on the second floor." Well, this was also the Federal Center with lots of FBI and court stuff around. So we had to go through metal detectors to use the restroom. They said if they hadn't liked the looks of us, we wouldn't have been allowed to!
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 9:58 PM 
