Galveston Oh Galveston

Anybody remember the old Glenn Campbell song? If so hum it to yourself while you scan through our vacations photos. Here was JD's FAVORITE weekend attraction --- the bounce house. It was set up on the hotel patio and JD couldn't wait to get to it every evening.

Here he is coming down the slide. We stopped at the bounce house in the mornings after breakfast but that wasn't any fun. At that time of the day there were no other kids there. JD would say "where's friends?" and then just stand around waiting for some "friends" to appear.

JD enjoyed lounging in "my JD's room," which is how he referred to his hotel room.

We walked along the strand and I had to take JD's picture by the giant monkey. Mainly because we took this exact picture last year.

We spent many hours playing in the sand on the beach. This beach was at our hotel and had nice clean sand shipped in from Florida. The water was fresh and clean without any of the hazards of the REAL beach. We played and swam just like it was the real thing.

"Arrrrr ye land lovers, JD the pirate is on his way."

We went to the sharks 3-D Imax. JD caught a few jelly fish when they swam right at him.

We saw a few real sharks at the aquarium.

We ate at the Rainforest Cafe. It was the coolest place and JD really enjoyed it once he got over his fear of the gorillas behind him. It took a little explaining for him to understand that they weren't really and ran on batteries like his toys back home.