I rented a house on Galveston Island for six nights (Tuesday afternoon - Monday morning), and Eleanor and I headed south. Amy took the week off to keep us company, Dad and Anna Lou visited for Thursday and Friday, Josh came over for the day on Friday, Mike arrived late Friday night for the weekend, and John + Kristanne came down on Saturday evening and spent half of Sunday with us. This was SUCH a relaxing time. Really. Eleanor and I mostly just laid around reading (newsflash: Eleanor reads to herself now. Wahoo!) and playing in the Gulf's warm and relatively gentle waves. Add in all of the extra time we got with family, and this seems like a stroke of genius. I'd love to do this again. I can't believe I didn't get any good family photos at all the meals we had together! I was so lazy, I just didn't even think to get the camera.
Playing in the Gulf on the upstream side of the sediment current is not without its challenges ( jelly fish, crabs underfoot, red tide). But the more interesting and less threatening wildlife (rays, clams, cool birds) and the general wah of the place just wins out in the end. And you can't beat this surf for playing around with kids, even if it is muddy. Nothing we've found in Hawaii feels this safe, so there it is.
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