Beaching and birding on Galveston Island. Drove down yesterday from Coldspring, TX, where we chilled for a couple of days about an hour north of Houston. Had lunch with our friend Rich Mizuno and his son Ethan (yum Mexican!) in Kingwood on the way down to Galveston. Pelicans, Ibis, Roseate Spoonbills!
But backing up a little, after leaving New Orleans we spent a rainy - Thunderstorm night in Lake Charles, LA - home to Zydeco music and great Crawfish boils. Try out Steamboat Bill's if you get the chance. Here's the scene of devastation with 3 lbs of crawfish done-in.
And if you ever find yourself passing through Conroe, TX on a Saturday afternoon, take in a tour of the Southern Star brewery and sample a cold one!
Galveston is a birder's paradise, lots of shore and marsh birds and others. We've seen indigo buntings, orioles, yellow warblers, laughing gulls, least terns, white Ibis, and many more we couldn't identify. Here's the intrepid birder at work:
And our lovely campsite right on the Beach!
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