San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site (obelisk)
Right across from the Battleship Texas is an enormous obelisk (570 feet tall). We went over and looked at the museum and then rode the elevator to the top to look at the Houston landscape.
Battleship Texas pictures
For George’s birthday we went to the Battleship Texas:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/battleship-texas
We were allowed to go on most decks and play on the gun turrets. It was a lot of fun!
Sam Houston boat tour
There is a lot of commerce that comes in and out of Houston’s ports. The Port authority offers free boat tours, so we made reservations and went with Rachel’s good friend Lexye and her family. It was fun to see the enormous ships, cranes and how they all tie in to train, freight and factories right on the water.
http://portofhouston.com/community-outreach/sam-houston-boat-tour/
A trip to the (Lego) Zoo
George got a mega pack of Lego’s for his 6th birthday. Today he and Lydia built this amazing zoo complete with animals, spectators and jets. And of course there was a super slick spy car to go along with it all.
A day at Galveston Beach
We had a fun day trip to Gelveston. There was lots of seaweed and very salty water, but most of the kids had a blast. We all went home very tired.
Palm trees in Galveston
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Yay for palm trees. These little kids are not sunburned yet, but they will be in about five hours (despite applying plenty of sun screen).
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