The Hippocampus: Saturday at the Beach...

I had this entire weekend off, so we decided to take good advantage of it. Kristi came down from College Station and we took off to go to the Beach at Galveston. Granted, it's not even close to being the best beach in Texas, but we couldn't afford much more than just a Satuday day trip to someplace closeby. However, it turned out really well. The two beaches we went to were pretty clean and sparsely populated. We got exactly what we both were needing. Some time away from the city, some fun in the sun, and a really relaxing afternoon.

We packed a picnic basket and took along Scout (the stuffed puppy Kristi gave me for Valentine's Day until I can get a dog of my own) and just made of day of it. The weather was amazing. Not too hot, with a nice breeze. We made our way out to East Beach first, which was actually a lot better than we were expecting any of the beaches in Galveston to be. Whenever we go back, I think we're just planning on staying out there the whole time. But on this occasiona, we wanted to see what some of the places south of the city looked like, and ended up spending 2 hours at such a location. It was nice there too, not crowded at all, but the sand wasn't as soft as it was on E. beach. We got some great seafood before heading back, a little tired and sunburnt. We also took some fun pictures to bring back as well. Some of which are below.