Galveston

So my nephew Cody came into town for a week and we went all over the Southeast area of Texas. Day one was Galveston. We went to the Elissa which is a three masted tall ship and then to see some huge houses and of course the beach. We went to the Elissa first and had fun touring the boat, looking at all the detail work that goes into one of these ships. This ship still sails today and has a learning program that teaches you how to work the mast on the ship. Too scary for me to get up on those poles and unlatch the sails, thank you anyway. The two houses we saw were the Moody Mansion and Bishops Palace, both built in the late 1800's. Cody learned that they both withstood the hurricane of 1900. He was in awe of these homes, as you should be, looking at them with all the masterful work that went into them. If only they still built them this sturdy. We spent a couple hours at the beach next, and of course, I was the only one to get burnt. The boys didn't get anything. We had a blast and the waves were actually pretty good that day too. Of course we had to eat on the beach and when you go to Galveston you can't go without ice cream, so we stopped and ate ice cream on the beach too. After that long day how did we continue to go, I don't know, but we did. Look for more postings on the rest of the week.