Howdy, from Dickinson, TX.
You’re probably saying, “Where in the world is that? And Why go there?”
It’s 30 miles south of downtown Houston. Museums, symphonies, professional sports, NASA and more.
It’s 23 miles north of Galveston. Beaches, touristy stuff like Star Drug Store, La Kings, etc.
It’s 13 miles from the home of Nolan Ryan. Nuff said.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, it’s a 20 minute drive (not a 9 hour
flight) to our Grandkids, and Chris & Angie, of course.
It’s been a new and wonderful experience to be this close to
them.
When we found out that they were going to be here for a few
months, our plans to spend the last quarter of the year in CA changed. So, we’ll be in the area until the end of the
year.
We have had dinners together, we’ve done church together, we’ve
gone to the beach together and we’ve taken the kids to our house for fun
weekends.
Like:
Lunch at Chic-fil-A
A trip to the pool at the RV park
A day at the beach in Galveston
Gram always has a lap and a warm hug ready.
Taking a selfie with my swimming buddy.
Did we discover a crab?
No, that's just my usual look of confusion.
A soccer game with Chris & Caleb
A wildlife park with Caleb & Hannah
Gotta love a pony ride!
Going inside a WWII submarine at Sea Wolf Park.
(Gee, I wonder whose idea that was)
Back at Gram & Grampa's house
Doesn't everybody wear a hat with their pajamas?
A trip to the Schlitterbahn indoor water park!
And going Trick-or-Treating with Mario and Toadette
The park where we are is interesting. It is inhabited mostly by oil field workers who are here for jobs and living in RVs while their families are elsewhere living in their houses. They leave for work very early in the morning in their rather loud trucks. We are not morning people so we just go back to sleep. It is not a large park, but the sites surround a small "lake" so looking out the back window I see water. And, for me, that is a good thing.
