While I was at the scrapbooking convention, the men-folk ate Chinese and played video games until til the wee hours. They also hit up a Houston Dymano game (t’was a local derby against Dallas) which Houston won 2-1 in their shiny new stadium.
On Sunday, Julie (one of my SSA friends) had booked a tour of Galveston harbour (for information, click here). We weren’t sure how much interest we’d get with it being Father’s day, so Julie booked one boat (40 spaces), within a matter of hours, we had to increase the number of boats put on from one, to four and we had over 200 people sign up!
The boat ride was two hours, though it didn’t feel like it, you can bring your own food and drinks on board (we brought coolers on board on Saturday and left them overnight to Sunday), and we got up close and personal with a bunch of dolphins en route around the harbour.
It was a great way to spend our morning, we had a blast, out in the open water, beyond the many dolphins we bumped in to, there was a shipwreck and some other cool ‘sights’ to check out as we sailed. The staff were friendly and accommodating and, the best bit? It was only $10 a head!
I’d recommend this tour to anyone and everyone, honest! It’ll definitely be something we do again (and again) with people who come and visit us. It was a great way to pass a morning and t’was cheap as well.
That sounds like so much fun! This past March I spent a week in Mississippi along with a visit to New Orleans…perhaps Texas will be on my destination list soon and I’ll keep Galveston in mind 🙂
The $10 price is awesome! I just blogged about cycling around a marina where they were offering sailing lessons. I struck up a conversation with an elderly gentleman who was sitting out on a bench, asking about the marina etc and commenting that learning how to sail would be awesome! He said I should ask around the area and suggested that it probably wouldn’t be expensive…”$5 or so”. Made me laugh as I’m sure in Toronto the price would be ten times that, but it’s cool to know that there are day trips out there that won’t break the bank!
Cheers!
haha that’s cool! Galveston is a great place to visit, it’s weird to adjust to the water not being sub-zero but the warm water ain’t so bad 😉 lol!!!
Confession: I am more interested in the scrapbooking convention! I am a big crafter and scrapbooker and about to be a Stampin’ Up! Demo!! Was it good?? (But the boat looks awesome too).
I’ve been 4-5 times since I moved here, I totally love it 🙂 def worth going! I stay over at the hotel, and do 2 days of classes – it’s a fab weekend!! Def do open crop til midnight!!