The kids bought a kite today and spent the afternoon on the beach with it. We also went on the local ferry as foot passengers, and get this, we had no idea where it was going. Of course we didn't realize that point until we were way out in the bay. The place where we thought the ferry was going, we went right by... We did however see our very first dolphins as we went to some-other port and back!

112 years ago, Galveston was a beautiful and lucrative town basking in affluence and commerce. An Island in the Gulf of Mexico, Galveston's elevation was as level as the sea surrounding it. On the morning of September 8, 1900,an ominous change of weather arose. Even as the waters began to churn, the residents were drawn toward the sea by their curiosity and unfortunate ignorance. A hurricane like none other recorded before it, threw itself over the island and...

El Campo, Texas! You'll never guess... we found more relatives! We stopped for coffee on Thursday at Tim's Aunt Johanna and Uncle Earl's - and we are still here. It's been the longest coffee break I've ever known. Aunt Johanna is one of Grandma Annabel's 10 younger siblings (the sixth daughter of eight girls and three boys). She is strikingly similar to Grandma Annabel, and so she has become Aunt-Grandma to us. We are camped at Stacy and Jeanette's catfish ...