This weekend we drove to Galveston, TX for some beach fun. We rented a house with two other couples and had a blast. Five kids all under the age of five, sand, ocean, food, who could ask for more?
The drive to Galveston is about 5.5 hours. We stopped in Houston (an hour from Galveston) to have dinner with my cousin and his family. Littleman has been a great little traveler...but I regret to report he has entered a new phase...the "are-we-there-yet" phase. Except, his question was slightly more specific. Even with headphones on and a movie, he'd still ask, every ten or so minutes, "Is this the beach?" "Where's the beach?" "When will we see the beach, mommy?" I definitely have a high threshold for endless kiddie questions, but I was tested this time around. It's hard to lose your temper, though, with a little one who is as excited as you are to see the ocean. He was much quieter on the way home...exhausted, I presume.
Galveston reminded me of many beach towns on the Jersey shore, like Avalon. Anyway, here are pics from our fun weekend.
The deck of the house. It was a very short walk to the beach - a block and a half. You could hear the waves from here.
Although it was overcast, it was warm. The sun did peek out from time to time. Just enough to give a bit of color.
Here is a shot of one of the beach front homes wrecked by hurricane Ike. The shoreline remains pretty devastated. Many homes are still in such condition or worse.
The only drag about the wonderful beach house was the dangerously spaced railing. Didn't take the kids long to figure that one out. We did get a nice photo op...and spent the entire weekend holding our breath waiting for one of the kids to fall through the top - thankfully, all of our children are brilliant and no such event occurred.
Mmmmmm....ice pop!
This was taken late on Sunday afternoon. The wind was brutal and we only stayed on the beach a little while. Just long enough to jump through few waves, freeze, and then get sand in our eyes. Littleman was ready to head back.
Here's a pier along the sea wall that was wiped out by Ike.
The kiddies enjoy a lobster.
Okay, seriously? They couldn't make a sign that said, "Speed Bumps?" Papabear wondered what the curbs do.
And finally, we could not resist taking a photo of this:
Sadly, no hot dogs or chicken wings in sight...actually, it looks like there's a whole lot of nothing in Buffalo, TX. As a matter of fact, in case those of you back east are wondering, there's a whole lot of nothing between Dallas and Houston! This state is so big. There are huge cities overflowing with people and houses and shopping malls and then absolutely NOTHING inbetween them!
Well, I am beat. Load of laundry beckon.
Those stairs are NUTS! (but it is quite an awesome picture)... Glad you had a nice time!
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