Texas 2015; Day 5

Today was a relaxing and pleasurable day in Galveston, TX.

After breakfast Chris did some exercising in the pool while Carl tried to do some work on his computer and I tried to finish my day 4 blog entry.  The hotel was having problems with their wireless internet so Carl and I were unsuccessful in our endeavors.

We took off for the Galveston to Port Bolivar ferry, a free service operated by the Texas Department of Transportation.  We parked our bikes at the Galveston terminal, rode to Port Bolivar and then rode back.on the ferryOn the way to Port Bolivar we saw a bunch of dolphins, which was pretty cool.

From the ferry we went to Shrimp N Stuff for lunch.lunch in GalvestonIt was very good food.  By now we were worn out so we returned to our hotel for an afternoon siesta, which was followed by a swim in the gulf.

Early evening we went to Miller’s Seawall Grill.  Carl and I enjoyed bowls of gumbo while the girls shared an appetizer of crab dip.  It was all very good too.  From Miller’s we went to Rita’s for some frozen custard.some Rita's frozen custard

We intended to visit Pleasure Pier and ride the ferris wheel but when we saw what it cost for the pleasure of the Pleasure Pier we decided it would not be that pleasurable.Pleasure Pier; GalvestonThe ladies did some shopping instead.

We rode 25 miles and our high temperature was 88.  A very nice day.

For more pictures from today click on the following link: https://plus.google.com/photos/104542123131082631220/albums/6158942403194167441?authkey=CLbalrHAoIffbA

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