Wednesday Travel

From Rosenberg we drove around the south side of Houston and headed into Baytown on the Fred Hartman Bridge. The air was hazy making photography difficult. The cable stays were bright yellow.


Here are some really good pictures of the Fred Hartman Bridge.

Boats moored nearby.

After turning around and driving across the bridge again we headed for Galveston. Along the way in Bacliff we found a seafood restaurant called Clifton by the Sea.



This was the view from our table looking across Galveston Bay.




We ordered fried shrimp and I chose mashed potatoes and a vegetable medley. The shrimp was very good.






This old boat was on the lawn beside the restaurant.








In Galveston we drove by Moody gardens.



They now have a huge hotel and a Schlitterbahn water park at Moody Gardens. The landscape is elaborate.



Sue Ellen and I had a giant malt at this drugstore many years ago.



The inside of the store is much the same except for the art exhibit upstairs. Long ago they had a straw art exhibit. Everything was made from rice straw. I was disappointed that it was gone.



I remember Sue Ellen liking the many oleander in Galveston. I took this picture for her.



We stopped on the sea wall to watch the waves and listen to the roar of them crashing on the beach.



This dog was being safe by wearing his life jacket.



From Galveston we took the ferry to the Bolivar peninsula.




As we drove east along the coast line we saw lots of homes just waiting to be destroyed by the next hurricane. At least most of them were raised to escape minor flooding.





Then we continued on to Port Arthur to see the Rainbow Bridge the tallest in Texas. The link also shows the new cable stay bridge that parallels the old Rainbow Bridge.





Looking forward from the top of the bridge. We had the feeling of being very high!




Our motel in Beaumont was new and had only been open seven days. They did not have spreads for the beds yet. Grandma wasn't sure she could get up on the bed because it was so high. The computers in the office were not yet functional so our credit card was imprinted with an old hand operated machine!




The carpet in the halls had an interesting design.



Time to rest. Good night all!

Recent Addition

I added a new link about Tower 17 in the article below. Check it out!

Road Trip - Day One

I was getting tired of driving by the time we reached Bryan so we made a rest stop at the library.

This sculpture outside the library included a replica of the Berlin wall torn down.

We saw this Presbyterian church in Navasota.

And stopped by the fire hall.

This old stone edifice housed the Missionary Baptist Church.

I never knew where Prairie View was located. I just remember the annual football game in the Cotton Bowl with Grambling.

Tower 17 is no longer used at one of the busiest rail intersections in the country and has been relocated at the railroad museum a few blocks from its original location.

For information about the operation of Tower 17 check out this link. It was after hours when I was here. Wish I could have gotten inside to examine the interlocking machine



After getting to Mary Nell's house in Rosenberg she drove us around town stopping for supper and then to Needville where her granddaughter Victoria age 6 was playing softball.

Back at her house she showed us a quilt made for her mother, Allene by Allene's mother Una and sister Mattie Beth.

Mary Nell (age77) said goodbye as we left on Wednesday morning after she had given me a cutting of the plumeria in the background.