Texas, Day 13, Galveston

Today we went to a place called Moody Gardens. It's like a large learning center. We only went into the tropical gardens.

Many flowers.

Birds, turtles and other stuff.

And they have a large water park.

I did a turtle video. I posted it just because I could.

Texas, Day 12, Galveston

See, I'm not the only one that feeds the birds.

They have many cemeteries in Galveston. They are required to weight the caskets to prevent them from floating up when the area floods.

We took a tour on the "Duck". Its name was "Miss Michelle". The lower left photo is for Tonya. Those ladies had knitted covers for the drink containers.

It took us to many areas in Galveston.

Then we went for a ferry ride to get picture of a lighthouse. They only have one lighthouse in Galveston and that one is not working. There is a park where you can go through two navy ships. A submarine and a surface ship.

Texas, Day 11, Galveston

Galveston Texas, April 26 2009

This is where we had lunch. They have animated gorillas and elephants inside where you are eating. There was lightening and thunder. They have snake hanging for the ceiling (Nina did not like the snake). Nina was trying to get herself a prince (top center photo).


There is a lot of damage remaining.

The drive in the beach, have strange houses, river boats and a water park for the kids. They have 3 large pyramid buildings that house flowers and an aquarium.

Texas, Day 10, Corpus Christi to Galveston

On Saturday we traveled from Corpus Christi to Galveston. That's about 300 miles and we took the back roads so we could see more barns, windmills, and lighthouses.

We saw some barns and windmills but no lighthouses. We went right by a park that Nina thought should have a lighthouse but not lighthouse. Oh well maybe we will have better luck in Galveston.

There were churchs, signs and strange signs. I do not know what the "Naked" sign had in store for the shoppers.

Then we got to Galveston. There is still a lot of damage remaining for the hurricane. The lower right picture is from our hotel room. We can see the waves crash into the seawall.

Texas, Day 9, Corpus Christi

We spent the day in Corpus Christi just looking around. The wind blew very hard and this reduced the number of activities and tours going on. There were no tour boats on the water. The wind did not stop people from getting in the water. The wind was a warm and the water was cool so the kids loved it.

I think the hurricanes cause the buildings to be built up on poles.

It is a beautiful area with lots to see.

Texas, Day 8, San Antonio to Corpus Christi

I have had a hard time getting a good Internet connection. So Day 8 is late.

On the way between San Antonio and Corpus Christi there were not very many barns so Nina even resorted to taking picture of signs about barns. But she got some barns too.

Today we saw why they say things come bigger in Texas.



This is what we saw in Corpus Christi.

Texas, Day 7, San Antonio

Mission San Jose. It's a national park and has been completely rebuilt. It is a beautiful example of a Spanish Mission. It's very large. It was amazing how large the enclosed space was. The Apache Indians would attack the mission so it's built like a fort.



We went up in the "Tower of the Americas" today. It was built for a Worlds Fair in San Antonio. It's a lot like Seattle's Space Needle.