East to Galveston

Friday, Feb 24…

Leaving Corpus Christi - last
of a gazillion bridges

Long travel day. No issues. (Good.) No white flagger pants in Greg's race gear duffel. (Stop at Walmart.) No real lunch. (Apples, cheese, jerky, Tostitos, and a re-warmed McD’s burger consumed as we drove – you decide who ate what.) Diesel gas for $2.15/gallon. (Woohoo!)

Images: endless farm fields, lots of water (reminds me of South Carolina’s low country or Maryland’s Eastern Shore), lots of bridges, grass (no cactus), huge high schools in small towns, lots of small towns.

Funny stuff: a county fair poster promoting BELT SANDER RACES; the Salty Frog Café; Little Chocolate Bayou, Big Chocolate Bayou, & Chocolate Bayou (chocolate marshes?); Sand Crab Boulevard.

Lots of refineries - one complex we
passed stretched more than a mile.

Reminds me of the 520 bridge - drive
on one side while the other's being built.

92.5 HAPPY radio in Bay City

These HUGE (like football field), brightly colored
fabric buildings baffled me. Research indicates
 they might be a Legacy Bldg Solutions facility.

Clubhouse at sunset.

←First impression of Galveston: Loved it!  (I think it’s the first city we’ve entered without driving past miles of strip malls first.) We're also at a new (2 yrs) RV place - a bit pricey but very nice. Pool, hot tub, great pizza on Friday nights. Only downside: we're about 15 miles beyond the actual city.