Friday, April 8, 2011
Safari Motorhome Community, League City, TX: 3/4-6
The main reason we booked into this Passport America park between Houston and Galveston was so we could make a return visit to Galveston, which we had enjoyed so much in 2001. While driving here and leafing through the AAA book, Willie discovered that we were less than 10 miles from the Johnson Space Center. There went our planned day off!! We went there when it opened on Saturday and spent most of the day there. It was less than ideal to visit on a weekend day, but we had no other choice. We took two different tram tours of the facility, one crowded, the other crowded with school kids. Our very favorite thing was the presentation "Living in Space" where every aspect of life in weightlessness was explained including intimate details of the bathroom facilities. Everything you always wanted to know was explained. The presenter was excellent with a nice sense of humor.
Sunday we visited Galveston, drove around some waterfront areas, looking for birdwatching areas that didn't charge admission, and walked along the beach at the north end of the island for a while. After we had worked up an appetite, we headed off to The Spot, a favorite restaurant from our time here before. It was a small, unassuming little place then. How things change!! Galveston still has a lot of evidence of the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Ike back in 2008, but not at The Spot. It has expanded somewhat, and this day happened to be the final Mardi Gras parade in Galveston. Luckily, we arrived after most of the excitement was over, but the crowds still remained. Without too much of a wait, we were able to get our Shrimp Po'Boys, onion rings and sweet potato fries and actually find a place to sit that wasn't too noisy. It was delicious and well worth the inconvenience.
Sunday we visited Galveston, drove around some waterfront areas, looking for birdwatching areas that didn't charge admission, and walked along the beach at the north end of the island for a while. After we had worked up an appetite, we headed off to The Spot, a favorite restaurant from our time here before. It was a small, unassuming little place then. How things change!! Galveston still has a lot of evidence of the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Ike back in 2008, but not at The Spot. It has expanded somewhat, and this day happened to be the final Mardi Gras parade in Galveston. Luckily, we arrived after most of the excitement was over, but the crowds still remained. Without too much of a wait, we were able to get our Shrimp Po'Boys, onion rings and sweet potato fries and actually find a place to sit that wasn't too noisy. It was delicious and well worth the inconvenience.
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