After a while of fighting the waves in the Torrent River, I had to take a break and get some cooler air and water out on the outdoor patio/bar. While we were out there, the lady who runs the little Papa John's installment tried to talk us into buying a pizza, but couldn't believe I was outside, dripping wet, with only a bathing suit on in that kind of temperature. The conversation shifted to the fact that we were from New York (hence, it felt like May outside) and on our honeymoon. She and the drink lady gave us a free pizza and sodas as a wedding present. They were very Texas-style nice to us for no reason. Amazing. hahaha
Full of Pizza, I went back out to conquer the 'Boogie Bahn.' Below is a movie of me finally getting the hang of staying on the ride. Unfortunately, when I tried to kneel on the board at the request of the lifeguard, I TOTALLY WIPED OUT!
So we have about 20 minutes left in Galveston before we hit the Gulf Freeway to head back to Houston for some big city type entertainment. There is an AHL hockey game tonight between Houston and San Antonio that I'd like to check out along with the NFL tomorrow.
Below is the view across the island of the cruise ships in port. These things make the Ferry look small!
I'm going to miss Galveston and especially Java's 213. The place is hopping this morning. Lots of people getting ready to go on their cruise I'm guessing. There's 12 laptops running right now compared to the usual 1 (mine). One guy is playing something that looks like Warcraft. What I won't miss is the prevalent chain smoking in the coffee shops. It's easy to get used to not smelling like shit in New York. ;-)
We have to kill our $5 gift certificates to Long John Silver's that we got in Scranton. There just happens to be one near the famous N.A.S.A. center here. Also, Sonic has a Frito Chili Cheese Wrap for $2.49 that may be the thing that puts me down for the count.
Remember the Alamo!
-Bob
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