Other than the Moody Gardens Festival of Lights (which was posted out of sequence, on Christmas Day last year), and going to a H-E-B grocery store, we didn’t do much while staying at Galveston Island State Park, in part due to rainy weather. But we did enjoy several walks along the beach.

An info sign:

Empty beach, with regular garbage bins. The sand is quite nice, with very few shells:

Oil rig visible in the distance:

Jenn picking up garbage:

Houses beyond the end of the park at the south end:

Park boundary:

No motorized vehicles beyond this point; people can drive on the beach, but not in the park:

Boardwalk to a day use area:

Showers and changing rooms in the day use area:

Picnic shelters in the day use area:

Turtle sculpture:

A ranger patrolling on the beach:

Houses beyond the end of the park at the north end:

Park boundary:

Big empty beach: