Do you remember the Joni Mitchell song that opens with "Fly silly seabird, no dreams can possess you..."? We drove into Galveston Island over a bridge with a pink flamingo high up in the air. We've seen tons of seabirds since then, but no flamingoes (yet). It is beautiful here, very touristy on the strip, or seawall, as it's known. Farther back, we found a business and shopping area with 110 year old buildings sporting verandah and balconies, and the same with homes. The homes are gorgeous and, of course, Kathy found the one house for sale in town. A beauty, for $419,000. Not bad, actually.
The water goes on forever, from a graybrown to green to blue. The weather is 100 degrees in the sun, but a breeze blows off the ocean and keeps it cool enough. We had a drink and "bait" (appetizers) when we first got to town. We overlooked the water. The food was fresh and very good. Kathy and Rosemary are out now having dinner and are bringing back soup or something small for me.
We are 30 minutes or so from Kathy's brother Dennis' house. I'm looking for a yoga class and think I've found one, not far from here. Otherwise, I believe we'll be walking along the beach and touring about.
The drive here was fairly uneventful. Houston is not as beautiful from the freeway as Austin was up close. I'm not sure what the economic picture of Houston is.
I love our room at th Baymont. Kathy and Rosemary don't feel the affection for it that I feel. I don't know why I like it so much. I'm into architecture this trip, and this room as an architectural detail that I like very much: high ceiling and wide moulding at the top. The beds are huge. I like the lighting in the room very much. These things matter to me.
I miss writing my book. Since being away from it for 10 days, I've thought of stories I would add, directions I would take, and, of course, am writing that mother/daughter feature. How hard can it be?
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