Gil and I spent two days in Galveston. We had a hotel room across from the sea wall. The water was quite chilly and very choppy. Unfortunately, our timing was a little off too in that it was Mardi Gras weekend. We drove into town just after a big parade had finished and the traffic was awful and there were beads all over the road.
Monday we headed to Moody Gardens. All my years in Texas and I had never been. We got tickets to see a documentary on Africa which was quite enjoyable. Then we spent a considerable amount of time wandering through the Rainforest Pyramid.
We admired the butterflies...
...got this handsome chap to pose for us...
...watched the bats for quite a while...
...were amazed at how brilliantly red the scarlet ibises are...
...and finally tracked down the sloth. I was particularly excited about this one.
We found a gumbo place in downtown Galveston for a late lunch. I talked Gil into ordering and then trying his first oyster. Delicious! The gumbo was decent but Gil's recipe is still my favorite.
We had a semi-early flight back to Sacramento Tuesday morning but that didn't keep us from finding a Whataburger for a late dinner. I love that place!
We flew home Tuesday and it was back to work for me and a calculus test for Gil on Wednesday.
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