The drive along the Texas coast in some places is really fantastic. There are frequent, long expanses of empty beaches and at one point I saw a pod of dolphins from the road as I drove along. Dale was fascinated by the shrimp boats trawling just off the beach. But the drive along Galveston Beach was unique because of its seawall.

Since Dale was feeling better, we took a walk up to the fishing pier. Here’s a view up the beach from the pier.

I’ll nominate this for “parking space of the year.”