A Good Day in Galveston....

Louis Dean stayed out on the balcony until last night turned into the wee hours of this morning. 
He said it was all he could do not to wake me up to join him because it was so beautiful.

That accounts for him sleeping so late.
I took his place out here while he slept in.

It was a beautiful day here in Galveston.

In the early afternoon, we walked across the street and down the stairs from Seawall Blvd to the beach.

He has never been as interested in shell seeking as he was today.

There's a beautiful display in the hotel lobby featuring sand and shells and he is gathering some for us to make our own. 

Not many people out so we had the beach pretty much to ourselves.

The wind was really picking up!

I made this video and sent it to Amber, who loves all things 'Beach!'

We didn't take our chairs down so we rested on the steps before climbing back up to the street.

Looking handsome!

Louis Dean was pretty tired after all that walking and stooping over to pick up shells.

We came in and had cups of hot coffee in the lobby to warm up.

It's nice to just go with the flow and not have a big agenda.

We did a little browsing in shops this afternoon and I bought three books, one of which is a Sue Grafton novel I missed. K is for Killer. She wrote a whole series of books starting with A and went all the way through Y. Sadly she passed away before she made it to  Z.

We finished our afternoon with a late lunch or early dinner at the Gumbo Diner.

My friend Debbie recommended this place from their last visit down here and it was good! 

Louis Dean had a craving for onion rings!

I helped him by eating two!

I stuck with a healthy salad.

Saving my calories for Mexican food and a margarita tomorrow night at Tortuga!

However, we are going back to the Gumbo Diner in the morning for Beignets and coffee!

I haven't had those since we were in New Orleans four or five years ago.

We have spent the evening right here in our room.

Louis Dean played all the way through two of his big notebooks full of his music.

First he finds a song and types it up noting the key it's in and adding the chord notations.

He has filled nearly a dozen big notebooks full of songs, each one in a sheet protector and usually a couple of copies for when he plays with another muscian.

While he played, I was so relaxed I crawled right into bed and slept for a couple of hours.

It's been a very relaxing day.

I took this picture right before my nap.

We had TV on for a little while so Louis Dean could watch a ball game while I was writing tonight's journal entry. He got the biggest laugh in a commercial!

He said, "Hey, Linda! They now make a Budweiser beer with no alcohol or sugar!
I bet that's delicious! That Bud is NOT for me - you can count on it!!"

Now that's just funny!!