Galveston

​Galveston

   

   We are spending the night tonight in Galveston on the sea. 

   Our first day of our 7 day road trip was spent with Mark and Dawn and more than a dozen Northwest friends in Edmond, OK. It was a lot of fun seeing old friends and catching up on who’s where. We spent the night with long time friends, Brian and Sharon. One of Toronto’s best buddies, Wyoming, lives there. They had fun sniffing around and chasing each other. Sunday was Brian’s first day as the official preaching minister of Oakcrest Church of Christ. We had an appointment deep in Texasand were not able to attend services there. We did, however, stop at 10:00 to listen to their services on Facebook live. Following the communion, we got back on the road and continued Southeast for our next stop. 

   It was nearing 2:00 pm when we pulled into Holly Lake Ranch at Bill and Debbie’s. These longtime friends have been part of our lives for 40 years. All of us attended Garnet Road Church of Christ together. We even took a cruise to Panama and beyond just a few years ago. 

   We had a great visit and even got to meet some new friends, take an evening boat ride.  on Bill’s pontoon boat on Holly Lake.  This amazing Ranch sports a lot of wildlife. We got to see fish, deer, ducks and eagles. They have an amazing home in this heavily forested area. A lot of retirees settle here. We had a great evening and visited until we left about noon the next day. Debbie fixed us an awesome dinner and breakfast. Bill thanked us for coming because he said he gets to eat really good when company comes. I told him we were glad to do our part, that we had talked it over amongst ourselves and had decided to stay all week for his sake!  

   We hit the road about noon and drove to Galveston. We arrived at the ferry boat ramp about six and rode the ferry to Galveston. We made our 7:30 dinner reservations at Gaido’s on time and settled into our rooms about 9:30. 

   We slept in as we wished. As Debby is an early riser, she got up with the chickens and checked out the beach, as did Nancy and Ron. I was finishing getting dressed when Debby appeared and asked if I was ready for breakfast. The kitchen was open and we ate and had coffee. 

   After packing the car and checking out of our hotel, we headed west along the coastal road 87 towards San Antonio. It was interesting seeing all the houses raised high above flood potential. Houses and commercial buildings on stilts are funny looking. Some were 4 levels high.  We saw one or two that we could probably afford. They were very small. The RV parks had no elevated platforms. If they didn’t run fast enough during a storm, they would most assuredly drown!  

   We parked in front of our WorldMark condo in New Braunsfel at 3:00 pm. Our two story two bedroom condo is very nice. The complex is at fractional occupancy. That’s ok with us. The pool and hot tub were all ours this afternoon. We will be here for the next 3 nights.