{"id":472,"date":"2016-02-09T02:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T02:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=472"},"modified":"2016-02-13T04:23:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T04:23:11","slug":"galveston-oh-galveston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/02\/09\/galveston-oh-galveston\/","title":{"rendered":"Galveston, oh Galveston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Growing up my folks had a radio that sat on top of our fridge which never had its tuner knob on anything other than KSSS…”K triple S, country’s best”. \u00a0Glen Campbell had a popular song called Galveston <\/a>\u00a0that would stream out that radio.\u00a0\u00a0I thought I knew the song pretty well but apparently never paid attention to the lyrics because I had Galveston pictured as a dusty cow town. \u00a0But now I come to find out its an island!! \u00a0Ok, ok….I didn’t just<\/em> find that out, but I was an adult before I realized it was a coastal town. \u00a0Hopefully my kids are smarter than their old man. Anyway, we moved from Goose Island<\/a> to Galveston Island and it was not one of my favorite drives.<\/p>\n

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Tuesdays I have lots of conference calls and this is\u00a0challenging on the road…its too noisy for me and the other folks on the call. \u00a0I pulled over for one of my calls because I participate in that one a lot….so that delayed us a bit. \u00a0Then we had to stop for a potty break…we pulled into the parking lot of Cedar Lane Baptist church and the girls let themselves in to use the restroom. \u00a0When it was my turn a fella from the house next door (turns out he’s the pastor) asked if I needed help. \u00a0I explained our situation and he was happy to unlock the door to let me in. \u00a0Its still a bit of a mystery how Steph and Brielle got in without a key. \u00a0We had a bite to eat which gave us a bit more of a delay. \u00a0We got back on the road and Steph was busy with a language arts lesson when I saw a draw bridge ahead and a sign that said “End of road 1000ft”. \u00a0 Oops, we missed a turn! \u00a0Backtracking, some gnarley bumpy roads, wind and a toll bridge that we BARELY fit through the gate….I was done driving when we pulled into Galveston Island State Park. \u00a0We got settled in and walked the 50 yards or so to the beach. \u00a0Wide sand beach as far as you can see in both directions and, once again, we are the only ones there! \u00a0We beach combed until dinner time.<\/p>\n

The next day Dacen was doing a science experiment…tracking the tide. \u00a0We looked at the tide chart for the area and saw that low tide was 11:09AM so he marked the water line with a bamboo stick he got at Sonora Caverns<\/a> and a sign that asked to be left alone due to scientific measurements. \u00a0He took a second stick\/flag and placed it where he thought high tide would be (his hypothesis). \u00a0Then we took pictures and measurements every hour until it got dark. \u00a0In my 42 years I’ve never actually witnessed tidal changes…this was SUPER cool!<\/p>\n

The park had brand new bath\/shower house….it was really nice and the shower was LEGIT!! \u00a0Hot hot water and great pressure. \u00a0That shower stall and I will never tell how long my shower was (but it was probably too long).<\/p>\n

We took a family walk after dark and went out to the beach. \u00a0The wind had died down so it was actually really pleasant. \u00a0We looked at some constellations, made sure the bamboo flag was still there and then went home to bed. \u00a0I really liked this place. \u00a0Being so close to the beach was awesome.<\/p>\n

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Bathroom and lunch stop<\/p><\/div>

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Just the 10 of us on the beach<\/p><\/div>

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Cool sand formations<\/p><\/div>

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Beach combing<\/p><\/div>

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Catching serious air!<\/p><\/div>

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Steph finds a muscle shell<\/p><\/div>

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Lovers<\/p><\/div>

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Beach brushing<\/p><\/div>

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Ava and the beast at sunset<\/p><\/div>

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Ava and the beast at sunrise<\/p><\/div>

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Dacen at low tide<\/p><\/div>

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Dacen with tide coming in<\/p><\/div>

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Almost high tide<\/p><\/div>

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Dacen's high tide guess<\/p><\/div>

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High tide guess is pretty close!<\/p><\/div>

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Caden may live on the beach some day<\/p><\/div>

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