Our Anniversary

Houses on stilts.

This was "sit at camp and do nothing" day. We did do laundry and spent about two hours finding a place to stay in the Corpus Christie area. Most seemed to be full or too expensive. Plus, Larry has gotten spoiled and wants activities to be included. He also has seen that some places have hot tubs and spas so he now thinks that would be a good idea.

I did find some other sites that show that I'm not in Kansas any more. We've gone from snow routes to evacuation routes. We build a basement for protection from the storms. They build on stilts to protect from the storm surges. Even a brand new middle school on Crystal Island was up on concrete columns. It was sitting right on the coast. Beautiful homes and I can't even image building down here knowing that it's only a matter of time before a hurricane comes along. The trees are totally different. Palms, or course, but others as well. I do see an occasional cedar.


After Larry and I picked out a new place to stay, he kicked back in the easy chair to watch TV while I put in my walking DVD to exercise. He watched two episodes of Hanna Montana (Dolly Pardon was in the first one - I'm guessing he thought she'd show up in the next one). And, it's raining again. That's why we chose today to hang close. We'll start hitting the tourist pits again tomorrow. First stop will be Sea Wolf Park in Galveston; Kemah Boardwalk Sunday and NASA Monday. Heading out Tuesday.

Visited the Port of Houston Thursday. It was a cruise on the Sam Houston. A 95' x 24' boat that holds about 100 passengers. There were about 12 of us that day. We got a complementary soda and coffee. The Port of Houston is about 25 miles long and is the 8th largest in the world. About 7500 ships pass thru this waterway each year. This summer the Coast Guard stopped all photography of the area so I couldn't take my camera. Did some bird watching but nothing unusual at this point. More pelicans and blue herons - which are beautiful - but can be seen in Kansas. Different types of gulls and terns.

Trying to upload pictures but not very successful. Will try to add a couple more later.