Galveston Texas

03-28-2014

Next stop in our spring adventure was Galveston Texas. We stayed in a campground on Beach Blvd called the Sandpiper Resort. The campground is like brand new; I assume having been rebuilt after one of the recent storms. Our cost for two nights was $110, which is the most we’ve paid for a campsite in a long time. As we have found in most of the beach towns around the gulf, the economical state parks are fully booked but we thought being on the beach would be worth it. Unfortunately Galveston was covered with fog the whole time we were there. 

Crossing Galveston Bay on our way to the Sandpiper RV Resort

Our driving tour of town was interesting despite the fog; it’s not your typical gulf coast beach town. It has a deep water port on the bay side of the island and the narrow island has been densely developed from bay to gulf. Galveston has a long history of being battered by storms and maybe it was the fog, but it looked pretty tired to me. But, we had lunch with a friend of Millie’s who had previously lived in Myrtle Beach and Kathy loves living in Galveston. To each their own, for me I haven’t found anyplace I like better than Myrtle Beach

Sandpiper RV Resort

Several people told me to avoid driving thru Houston, for a few reasons, traffic, road rages, crime, and complicated expressways. Well I’ve driven through Chicago, LA, Detroit, New York, Baltimore, DC and lots of other cities so I figured I needed to do Houston too. Tomorrow on our way to our next stop we drive thru the heart of the city.

Pleasure Pier on Galveston's waterfront

 PS: The Sandpiper Resort and Pleasure Pier pictures were collected from the internet, the sky was never that clear while we were there. that