My secret place to launch a long hike on the beach is Beachtown. You drive out towards East Beach, turn in towards the condos, and find a place to park. There are beautiful homes, a nice public Boardwalk for beach access, and long stretches of beach in either direction. Today, I hoofed it in the sun out to East Beach and back. It was a great walk on the beach.
This Galveston restaurant is one of my favorites for fried seafood. At Shrimp ‘n Stuff you can sit out on the patio or inside for some much needed air conditioning. My lunch today was the “Create Your Own Platter” with fried shrimp, catfish, hush puppies, fries, and sweet tea. It was most awesome.
The Float Pool & Patio Bar is a pretty laid back joint located right on the Seawall in Galveston. It was such a hot and humid night, that I wanted to jump into the pool. I would have been the only one. 🙂
I arrived in Galveston late this evening, checked into my hotel, and took a drive along the Seawall to discover the Galveston Police working a crime scene on the beach. I guess I will have to catch up on the news to find out what happened?
The animation was magnificent! I thought the story started out great, especially the part where there is wonderful storytelling in the streets of the village using inventive music and magical origami characters. Then, for me, things fell flat. I lost interest in the characters, and the animation and score were not enough to keep this film afloat. I did enjoy the end credits, however.
Sometimes you get rewarded for taking long walks in the rain.
I ran into a few friendly lizards today. They were catching some warm sun in between rain showers. Lucky for me, they allowed me to get relatively close for some photos without running away or jumping on me. It’s not cool when lizards jump on you. 🙂
I braved the rains today to get some photos of these spikey plants with the weather pattern behind them.
Just taking an evening walk in the wet weather. Me and the ducks at Mirror Lake Park.
This afternoon, there was a cool event to benefit a well deserving charity at Rock Rose in the Domain. For a tiny fee, you got to roam from one business to another and sample their foods, drinks, and wares. I popped into the following establishments.
Overall, this was a nice event and here are some photos to give you an idea of what the area looks like on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
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