Little Beach:
Sunday, we took the girls to what they call, "Little Beach" at Lake Conroe. [Try to think of Lake Oswego, Oregon on steroids with water-front lots at $90k.] We chose this place because it's only about 70min-ish form our house, has calm water, and has volley-ball courts so the girls can play "sand" with their buckets and shovels. Reagan still thinks it was the ocean, as lakes (especially this one) are more like that than like the other body of water she knows - the river.
[Does anybody else find it to be weird that "volley" is from the German word for "wave", and that both volley-ball and waves are so commonly associated with the beach?]
The two older girls had their first try at staying on the "Boat Dog". Katie wondered at why that "fisher-guy" is standing in the water while fishing, while Reagan noted that the water goes both up and down. Georgie joined them in the sand, where like their hero "Kipper the Dog", they manufactured a boat from sand. [Don't laugh; if it gets hot out, it could be a glass bottom boat. And the way it rains here, they might need it in a pinch.] They saw swimmers, ducks, and a speed boat or two. Lot's of fun for 90 min., then headed to the play place in a nearby city to escape the heat.
Big Ship:
Today, I discovered that should we have gone all the way to Galveston, we might have seen the arrival of the SS Cape Gibson. Had I known about her then, I'd have found a reason to go to Galveston to watch them sail her into the harbor.
Presumably, she's "parked" where the old dumpy ship was. This will make great viewing since from Galveston island one easily can see across the small harbor/channel made by Galveston island and A&M's island (name?).
FYI: The SS Cape Gibson is A&M's new classroom for maritime majors (Commercial Shipping, Naval Officer, Maritime Engineering, etc.). You can see her and/or read more half-way down the page at the following link:
http://blogs.texags.com/blogs/spirit_and_mind/archive/2009/10/26/10976.aspx
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