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Old 03-05-2014, 04:35 PM   #21
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I would not even compare Galveston to South Parde Island and yes it is dirty at the Galveston beach.
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Old 03-05-2014, 05:09 PM   #22
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I will throw in Lockhart State Park. They have 4 very good BBQ restaurants there, it is called the BBQ capital of Texas.
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Old 03-12-2014, 02:15 PM   #23
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People that grew up in and around Galveston will differ about beaches being dirty. The beaches in Galveston are so different from those to the east due to the Mississippi. They rake up the seaweed to keep the tourist happy. Never did this when I was a kid. You just walked over it and said it stunk. We had beaches back then because the sand built up in the seaweed but now that they get rid of it the beaches are shrinking. I have not been to Padre in years but they were just like Galveston from what I remember. But to each their own.
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Old 03-12-2014, 07:49 PM   #24
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Old 05-16-2014, 05:40 AM   #25
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I would also speak for Galveston. Since the devastation of Hurricane Ike five years ago the city has been reborn. Nowhere in Texas do you find sugar sand beaches, but the city works very hard to keep the beaches clean. There are great RV resorts as mentioned. Many attractions on the Island including Pleasure Pier, Schlitterbahn, Moody Gardens, Lone Star Flight Museum, Railroad Museum, Bishop's Palace and The Strand Historical District. A half an hour north and you have NASA and Kemah. Not much further is the San Jacinto Monument and Battlefield as well as the USS Texas with the Monument Inn right there for a great meal. Ride the ferry for free over to Bolivar and the dolphins will often escort you. Bird watch in season at several locations. Watch the ships go in and out of the bay. You can spend a lot or very little, but it's a great place. Look at www.Galveston.com/webcams.
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Old 05-16-2014, 06:25 AM   #26
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Old 05-23-2014, 05:40 PM   #27
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A couple of state parks in Louisiana that I would recommend. in the Southwestern part of the state about 12 miles north of I-10 in the Lake Charles, LA area is Sam Houston Jones State Park. In the central part of the state is Indian Creek Recreation Area off of I-49 just south of Alexandria, LA in Woodworth, LA. In the Southeastern part of the state about 40 miles east of Baton Rouge, LA off I-12 just south of Ponchatoula, LA. All are really nice parks, good nature trails and bike riding.
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Old 05-23-2014, 09:57 PM   #28
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Sorry forgot to add Tickfaw State Park to my above post, it is the park south of Ponchatoula, LA.
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Old 05-25-2014, 08:36 AM   #29
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I'm afraid this is what the beach in Galveston is looking like today....


I don't think it's just Galveston that looks like this though, apparently it's all the way up the Texas coast to Mexico. It's seaweed blown in from the Sargasso sea.
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Old 05-25-2014, 03:17 PM   #30
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We like Port Aransas. Gulf Waters RV Resort us a very nice place to stay there
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Old 05-25-2014, 06:23 PM   #31
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Texas has some nice state parks, one that we used is between Dallas and Texarkana off of the highway, I can't think of the name but it would be easy to fine. Besides it is HOT down there now. We go down for the winter, for the last two years, love it down there.
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Old 06-01-2014, 09:07 AM   #32
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We were at Canyon Lake and Galveston state park and the lake was down 9 ft. And Galveston state park wasn't much either. The beaches were being controlled to keep the sand contained.Click image for larger version

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Old 06-01-2014, 10:34 AM   #33
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Terrible shame what the beaches down in Surfside, South of Galveston looked like the day after Memorial day.
We thought the seaweed looked bad, it didn't compare to the tons of garbage the Memorial day crowd brought and left in the sand on the beach.
Looked more like a landfill than a beach Tuesday morning.

Apparently they charge $6 or $7 a car to drive right onto the beach. It should be more like $50 a car. The 6 or 7 bucks won't even pay for the cost of cleaning that disaster up.
We were traveling with someone from California and they were appalled to even learn we allowed vehicles on the beach in Texas. I wonder if we shouldn't re-think that idea.

It was a damned shame.
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