Loving our Time in Galveston!

 We left home at 10:00 Sunday morning and drove straight to Fairfield where we ate lunch at Sam's.

I love this place!

Louis Dean ordered chicken fried steak from off the menu and the portion was huge!

He had enough for our supper later that evening.

I love this old truck all decked out in flowers!

If our white truck wasn't at the ranch I would paint it and use it as driveway art at home!

It was two hours from home to Sam's and another three hours to Galveston.

We stopped in Huntsville and walked around at this scenic rest area.

The turtles were all hanging out together!

I used to stop here back in 2012 when I was driving back and forth to Houston while Amber was in the hospital for 52 days. Louis Dean stayed home getting the camper ready to take down to Katy after the Bell grands were born.

Praise God we arrived safely at the condo at 5:00!

The view could not be better!

Louis Dean loves nothing better than sitting on the balcony and watching the waves, people walking and all the different kinds of vehichles going up and down Seawall Blvd.

The pool and hot tub as seen from our balcony.

We enjoyed our first night of wine and wave watching.

LD went on to bed while I stayed to finish my wine.

The soft beeze was blowing and the sound of waves crashing had me so relaxed that I fluffed up a couple of pillows and went to sleep out there.

It was like a dream come true!

Going to sleep to the lull of real waves - not the ones on my sound machine at home!

I woke up about 2:00 AM and went on to bed and slept like a rock!!

Coffee on Monday morning!

This condo has so many small touches of hospitality.

Coffee, filters, and everything you need in the kitchen plus phone charging things and reading materials. There's even a washer and dryer in the master bathroom!

I set up a writing space and will be working on my book.

While LD doesn't have his room to piddle in - the balcony is keeping him totally occupied.

View from our bedroom.

We had shopped Kroger on Sunday for fruit and snacks which made for a nice little breakfast Monday morning.

THIS is what I have been yearning to see and hear!

Waves and seagulls....

I'm so happy we have the balcony to sit and watch the comings and goings on the beach because Louis Dean is not able to walk as he did just a couple of years ago.

Can you tell he's having fun???

We cleand up and went to my favorite place to eat!

Benno's on the Beach - where they serve wine in beer steins!

The owner, Benno, passed away three years ago but he was the one who insisted they use the same chilled steins for both beer and wine, saying it was too easy to break the stems on the wine glasses.

I always order the shrimp pasta salad!

Large shrimp on top and lots of small ones mixed in with the pasta.

The last time I ate here was in 2018....

It was our last sibling trip and ...I ordered the salad.

Alas they were out but one of the employees was sent to the other side of the island where they had another kitchen to get a salad for me.

Traditions continue!

Louis Dean was happier when his fried shrimp platter arrived!

Photo from 2012

Talk about memory lane!!!

It was as good as it ever was!!

We are having FUN in GALVESTON!!!