May 26th - Galveston Texas

We decided that since the weather wouldnt be exciting we would make the most of our vacation time. We drove from Vidor to Galveston via Crystal Beach Texas taking us on the ferry that carries cars from the Bolivar Pennisula to Galveston Island. While in Galveston we tested the waters of the Gulf Of Mexico, (warm enough to swim), and had some food. From a weather perspective we visited the Great Storm museum which catalogs the events of Sept 8-9, of 1900 when a hurricane swept over Galveston Island killing an estimated 6,000 people, still the worst natural disaster in US history. On the way home we at some good sea-food at a resturant along the Inter-coastal Waterway which is a protected in-land canal that carries barge traffic from south Texas to Florida.