Big Dennis taking apart the fireplace. He had done the same to his Dad's so he knew what he was doing.
It was at this point that I left.
After a delicious lunch of wings and fries, Pam and I headed back to see what my trailer now looked like. The boys had been busy. Not only did they get the fireplace back, the TV re-mounted, they also rearranged all the furniture as well as the kitchen table! It all looks fabulous.
The end result - the wires are all hidden.
Yesterday the four of us got into Dennis' truck and we headed to Galveston for the day. Once we got to the island, the sun came out (for a very short time) and the fog lifted so we were able to see the Gulf.
Pam and Dennis enjoying the sunshine.
While driving along the coast, we kept seeing Christmas trees staked to the sand. I finally researched this morning to see what it was. We all assumed it was to build sand dunes, since Hurricane Ike took most of the sand away. We were all correct. My reseach says, "For more than two decades, volunteers have staked down Christmas trees in a long horizontal line, trunk to trunk and crown to crown. After a few weeks, blown sand collects around the trees, anchoring them to the area and beginning the sand dune process. It's a fairly common practice along American coastlines."
After driving around a while, we finally parked near The Strand (like Soulard in St. Louis, Beale Street in Memphis) in search of food. We settled on Yaga's. We all ordered the coconut shrimp that came with stir fried veggies and rice. It was fabulous. Afterwards we wandered to the Nestle store for a few cookies.
Our next stop was the Offshore Energy Oil Rig Museum. The guys hooked us in for this:
It just doesn't look like we are ready for the oil rig life!
The day trip ended with a long drive back to the RV park and a late dinner followed by an evening of Winter Olympics.
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