andrea's spare time

well mik... funny thing is i didn't see the sunrise once on the camping trip, but i caught every moment of it this morning. i can also report that we watched every single sunset while we camped (and boy they were gorgeous) and we watched 3 moon rises. and the full(or nearly full) moon came up over the gulf the color of an orange every time. it was glorious. i think that was a first for my son, pete. we took him out for a couple late night walks so he could look for ghost crabs on the beach. he loved that. we blinded a few of them with flashlights but otherwise did them no harm.

I used to drive down to Galveston when I was single just because I craved the sea air. Something to do with negative ions in the air. Jeff and I went down there often before Patrick, and once by ourselves when we had someone to watch Patrick. It may not be the "prettiest" beach, but like Yahya said, It's the closest beach we have. But no camping for me. I didn't mind living on a boat for the summer, but to pitch a tent? No thanks.

well keep in mind that when i say camping i mean in a trailer. tent camping went by the wayside when pete was born. we actually stayed at dellanera rv park which is owned/run by the city of galveston. down the road is of course galveston island st park... and the access to the beach is just as good at either park. when we're going for just a couple nights we go to the state park... but for longer stays we go to the r.v. park where we have full hook-ups. that way severo doesn't have to keep dumping the tanks every day (depending on how many people are staying with us.) so... pbmom... this isn't roughing it. ;-)

i have to agree w/you andrea. we also spent the wknd out in galveston this wknd too and it was great! we didn't do the camping thing, but we did get a hotel. we couldn't have asked for better weather. we also thought the water seemed clearer than in past years as well.

we took the dog with us and we all had a blast and came back feeling refreshed! it seems silly, almost borderline embarassing to say you had a GREAT time in galveston b/c i think it really gets discounted by most houstonians, but we really did!

yes, we saw all sorts of little schools of fish swimming around and many of them jumping out of the water too. we were even lucky enough to see a couple dolphins swimming near the surface of the water only a few yards out too! it was cool!

my dog (the one in my picture) was like a little piglet. she was filthy! she loved the water. she'd go out and swim, then come back to the shore and roll in the sand. it was her first time to the beach and i don't think it will be her last. she was hungover til yesterday and it takes a lot to wear that dog out!