Galveston, Oh Galveston...

Day 12 Dickinson TX

I eagerly awaited a visit from a dear friend who lives north of Houston.  She drove through Houston rush hour traffic to visit with me and I was very grateful.  Travel is wonderful, but a few hours of 'girl time' was a welcome relief too.  We gabbed, shopped a little and had lunch at Chili's.  Thank you Ann!


Jim and I had a day off from walking yesterday, so after lunch we drove down to the Galveston sea wall to walk. We walked for three miles,  just can't beat the walking by the ocean.  There is a Ben and Jerry's right across the street from the seawall...oops! 
Galveston is coming back nicely from the hurricane, still obvious damage, but recovering quickly.  Can't let a mere hurricane keep these Texans down!

We also drove into the campground we've stayed at several times.  It' is still devastated, and I'm not sure if they will rebuild.  We walked through it and can't even see any of the infrastructure, water, sewer, cable...they also lost their ocean front row of sites.  Off to one side, the entire landscape changed, the high dunes gone and a salt pond totally reconfigured.  Hard to imagine so much changed in just a few hours...the power of nature!

Ocean front RV resort...not any more

While riding around Galveston, I got a phone call from my oldest son.  Apparently, he felt pain of a whole new level today while changing a water pump on his pick up truck.  He knows now that the fuel line is under pressure, but didn't when he pulled it off.  The pressure caused the gasoline left in the line to squirt onto his face, naturally, he turned away from it...bad move.  The gas spurted into his ear.  He learned that gas in the ear burns, really, really burns.  Said he must have looked quite strange, crawling around his driveway with the garden hose stuck in his ear.   He's a much better fisherman than a mechanic. 

Not her favorite thing

Came back to the RV, had coffee, watched TV and tackled a chore I've been putting off as long as I could...dog baths.  Brandy was this evening and she was not thrilled.  Clipping tomorrow...