We didn’t think we were going to have a beach trip this year with all the other things we had going on. But after completing our China documents we decided to make a spur-of-the-moment trip down to Galveston. We hunted around for an off-season deal on a condo and decided to go for it. Our usual beach trips involve us being invited to the East Coast by friends and family. In fact, we have been traveling to the East Coast for a decade now. That involves 2 days of driving each way and a hotel stop each way – it’s always fun, but we are very tired by the end of that. So to pack up and basically stroll out of the house at 11:15 am was a new experience.
We stopped at the wild and crazy Buc-ee’s for a bathroom break and the girls asked for some rock candy. Amelie was so tired from all the excitement of the trip, she fell asleep before she finished, which is practically unheard of for her. Once in Galveston we stopped at Target to pick up cold/frozen food for the condo and got to the place shortly after check in.
It had been raining all day, but I still took a photo to capture the view from the condo when we arrived.
We told the girls we could head down to the beach to walk around a bit, and they were so excited. They wanted to bring the toys and everything else, but it was way too late and dreary for that.
We found the condo on VRBO and it was a very nice 2B/2B with Wifi and a washer/dryer. It was WAY down at the west end of the island, about 20 miles from the main part of town. We brought plenty of food and drinks from home and we knew we were ready to chill for a week!