A Visit To Galveston

Last Saturday, we took a drive down to Galveston, Texas. It was only an hour's drive (about 50 miles) from Houston. 

One of the first things we noticed upon entering the city was that many homes were built on stilts so that they don't get flooded from the Gulf of America (or Gulf of Mexico). 

We drove by the cruise line terminals and the cruise lines we saw were Carnival and Royal Caribbean.

While in Galveston, we found a bagel shop and we treated ourselves to some coffee and bagels. My bagel was with lox (smoked salmon) and cream cheese. Both halves were loaded with salmon.

Afterwards, we stopped at a cigar store and made some purchases. 

Before heading out, we saw what looked to be a graveyard of railroad engines of Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.

Some photos of our visit:

Houston Trip Wrapping Up

Above, an Apollo Lunar Module on display at the Johnson Space Center. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The trip to Houston, Texas will be wrapping up tomorrow.

The first full day, Thursday, was spent at the Johnson Space Center where we toured the facilities. It was an interesting place to visit and I highly recommend it.

On Friday, the day was spent at the NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center. I managed to see all of the exhibits, but I was worn out by the end of the day, particularly my lower back and legs. 

Saturday was spent in Galveston (around 50 from Houston). We managed to find a great bagel shop and went to nearby Buc-ee's. 

We have an early morning flight to Albuquerque tomorrow. I just hope we don't have problems getting through the TSA check.

A Day In Galveston

Above, the Galveston Bagel Company. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Today was spent taking a drive down to Galveston, Texas for the day.

While there, we drove around and stopped for a snack at the Galveston Bagel Company. I had an onion bagel with lox and cream cheese. The lox was plentiful on two halves of the bagel. Mitch asked me how much did it cost. I told him it was $17. He about jumped out of his seat exclaiming, "What?! $17 for a bagel?!"

Above, enjoying the bagel. Note the amount of lox. Photo by Mitch Geriminsky.

I looked at the receipt and the lox was $16 according to it. I told Mitch this and he thought that made more sense. It was quite good. 

We then went to a cigar store to pick up a couple of things. I managed to leave my debit card there. I discovered this at Buc-ee's and we went back and got it. We were looking for the cigar store when we discovered the Galveston Bagel Company. 

Above, the front of Buc-ee's near Galveston. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Buc-ee's was huge and packed with people. There must have been close to 30 gasoline pumps there. This was the first time I have ever been to Buc-ee's. 

Above, the statue of the Buc-ee's beaver. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

We got into a downpour as we were nearing Houston. It looks to be a rainy night tonight.