During a break on a call this morning, I had a conversation with a client about Galveston. She was talking about how its not very glamorous, but that was where she and her family go every summer for vacation the next week. I got all excited for her. I was raised going to Galveston every summer. I have the best memories from there.
Gaido's - usually an hour wait on a summer night for dinner. You spend most of the time in the gift shop trying to convince your mom to buy you a creature made out of shells that breaks on the way home
Stewart Beach - home of the world's best water slide. The mats were so big I used to always trip over them running up the hill. Then I would spend an hour riding down in every position, forward sitting, backward sitting, forward lying down, backward lying down, indian style sideways...
Steward also had the put put course. Me and the brothers spent a night standing on the edges acting like mannequins and freaking out my mom.
The Bishop's Palace - one of the many historic homes my parents dragged me through. I was just grateful for the air conditioning. This began a very long process of me being dragged into historic houses by my parents and my love of old architecture. I still don't get tear downs in the M Streets, but that is a topic for another time.
The Sea Wall - the spot where I had the most perfect afternoon. I was sitting there during lunch when I lived on the Island the summer of 1995. I was stressed and unhappy and I had just run away from work. I sat there and watched the shrimp boats which were really close to shore and behind them were swarms of dolphins just jumping. I sat there for about an hour just watching the dolphins jump.
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I loved going to the candy shop, I don't remember what it was called but they had ice cream, candy, and you could watch them making taffy... Loved it!
Because I was very much into the marine biology thing, I got to visit the Ridley Turtle hatchery. Later I'd be encouraged to catch fish that we'd consume later, which may be a big reason I didn't end up at TAMUG, though I really, really wanted to...
Two things
1) My father loved the candy shop too. We always had to stop there.
2) I had a crazy dream where I wanted to do underwater archeology back in junior high. Weird that the number one program is in Galveston.
we just got back from a week in galveston. i, too, went there as a kid in the summers, and my kids don't know any better at this point and they love it. now there's schlitterbahn (a water park), and they love to putt putt and stuff. we haven't done moody gardens yet but maybe one of these visits.... they like to fish and crab and hang out on the beach and whatnot. we skip gaidos, though, and eat at caseys next door. it's owned by the same people and is pretty much the same food with a more casual atmosphere and much better prices.
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