Deep Well Oil Rig disaster from June. Instead we headed to Galveston Island State Park where trails are for hiking and bird watching. They also have camping right on the Gulf - I don't know - a little too out in the elements! The walk was brisk, a tidge cold and windy, didn't see many birds and was puzzled as to why a trail was called Clapper Rail Trail until one of the interpret signs showed a Clapper Rail bird! Dah. And, we saw one! Went back into the city proper to spend time again at the harbor and found a huge cruise ship was loading 
to depart within an hour. That ship is huge! We were alarmed when we first drove into the city to hear gunfire. Turned out that the town was re-enacting the Battle of Galveston of January 1, 1863. Only 1 week later because of New Years Day the previous week. Lots of people, the city of Galveston has been restored to the 1860's architect. Lovely. We should have spent more time walking the shops and stores, but oh well. We then drove over to Clary's Seafood Restaurant - the main reason why we wanted to get back to Galveston - we figured it was 16 years since we had been there - and our idea of what we had experienced was different. As you say, you never can go back. However, the food was outstanding. Same table, same owner and waiters, was delicious. We had remembered the inside as alot of red decor. Hurricane Ike wiped them out - left the building intact but took everything inside and out to Galveston Bay. So, of course didn't look the same. It took almost two years for the restaurant to reopen, and we are glad we visited it. Memories.We knew of a storm coming in last night and did it come! High winds, RV shook with the 40 mile hour gusts, then the lightning and rain came in about 4am. Needless to say we didn't get much sleep last night. It's still raining and very windy right now, so we'll hunker down today and just be a veg.
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