galveston, texas

i drove a couple hundred miles north through flat farmland and small bay towns from corpus christi to galveston, texas.  as i traveled north, a cold front continued pushing south.  i only spent an hour or two in galveston - enough to see the downtown strip and briefly brave the chilling wind at the seawall.   i asked a young hotel receptionist if there was anything i should make sure to see during my short visit.  she responded saying probably the only thing to do, given the limitations from the off-season time and nasty weather, was bar-hopping down at 'the strand.'   i didn't have time or money to bar-hop per se, but i did drive through to look at the downtown 'strand' area.

parts of the strand

the place definitely had a beach-town feeling about it.  which elements in particular gave it that feel, i don't care to figure out...  it's just a feeling that i'm familiar with.

the seawall

i really enjoyed the architecture of a lot of the houses.

pyramids...  i never got close enough to see what they were for.  museums?

there were damaged buildings scattered throughout the area that i presumed were remaining evidence of katrina's visit, four years ago.

as timing would have it, the same day i visited galveston i got a call from samaritan's purse finalizing my registration for volunteer work in new orleans.  i will be working on a team helping to rebuild people's houses for a week in february.