Girls Day Out

John went home to Houston last night.  Roy headed back to San Antonio today.  And Max decided that he needed a little "me time".  So we had a girls day out today.  Nice!

We started by going to have Kaitlyn's passport renewed.  Even though she graduated, she is heading to Costa Rica for 6 weeks of school this summer.  Hmmmmmm, she sounds like she is becoming a professional student -- just like her aunt was!  :)

After that, we went over to the island (I think it is Pelican Island, but will have to ask one of the kids) where the campus is so that we could shop the sales at the book store.  And yes, I DID buy yet another A&M t shirt.  But it was on sale!

We came back to the main island for lunch at a place called Eatcetera. 

The food was yummy... as you can tell by the debris on the table.  And today was red/orange shirt day apparently!

After lunch it was back to Pelican Island to visit Shell Beach.

This is at the pier that comes out from one of the University buildings onto the beach.  It is just next to where the University's ship is normally docked.

Folks, this is LITERALLY a shell beach.  This is exactly what it looked like underfoot, all up and down the beach.  It is a shell collector's dream.  We spend quite a bit of time combing the beach and came away with quite a haul.

Mom really wanted one the shells that looked like this one.  But every one that we picked up and turned over had an occupant.  I finally found an intact circular one and checked it very carefully to make sure it was vacant.  It wasn't quite as pretty as this one, but she decided it would do.  I just got a text (with video) that it DID have an occupant.  Apparently, they were examining their haul back at the apartment by laying all the shells out on paper towels and that one started moving!  Ack!

After Shell Beach, we came back over to Galveston Island for a trip into Murdoch's..... which is THE tourist spot in town.  Yep, came away with a few things there.

Then to kill some time before meeting Max for dinner, we went down to the east end of the island.  This is where all of the ships that we can see lined up in the Gulf from our RV park come to port.... well either here or on up to the port of Houston.  

This container ship was just heading out of the harbor when we arrived.

But as you can see in the background, there were plenty of other ships line up to come into the harbor!

We ended this evening with pizza at a fantastic Italian restaurant -- Mario's at 7th and Seawall Blvd if you are interested.  They even have daily fresh made gelato.  Yum!