Our first night at a restaurant on the Sea Wall. Yummmm!
They are in the process of building an amusement park on this little jetty in the water. When it is completed they will have a pretty wild roller coaster ride as part of it too.
It was a little windy on the balcony where we were sitting but the view of the ocean was spectacular!Early the next morning my hard working husband was off to his meetings and I headed over to check out Moody Gardens which was near our hotel. The first thing I saw was "Bodies, the Exhibition". So far I've been able to avoid it. Don't get me wrong ...I did take an anatomy class in college ...complete with human cadavers to enhance our learning experience, but I didn't really want to see them displayed as an "art" form. Against my better judgement I made a quick run through and when I came to the comment book at the end I had to restrain myself from writing ..."Poor, tortured souls!"
Next up was the Aquarium, so beautiful with lots and lots of colorful fish and plant life.
They had a very cool shark encounter. Multiple sharks swimming around amongst the other fish. I'm not sure how they kept them from grazing on the rest of the critters in the exhibit. It was a lot of fun to watch them interact with each other ..."Good gravy get out of my way, can't you see there are sharks in here!"
After a quick corn dog for lunch I headed over to take a ride on the "Colonel" River Paddle boat. "It's a triple deck stern wheeler. Her 750 passenger capacity makes her one of the largest paddle wheelers that has ever cruised the Houston / Galveston area."
It was a beautiful boat and I enjoyed a very pleasant hour relaxing on the water.
After visiting the Rain Forrest I drove back to the sea wall to walk around and enjoy the beach.
Awhhhh ...sigh! I had a great time and can't wait until we go on our next little adventure!