We had 3 nights/2 days in this lovely part of the world. After a long day yesterday, today was for catching up on laundry, John washing his bike and getting himself a haircut.

Before we left this morning, it was lovely to sit and eat a breakfast of fresh fruit, looking over the Gulf of Mexico.  

 

 

 

From Galveston, we rode to the end of the Island and caught the Ferry across to the Bolivar Peninsula.  It was really interesting riding along the Peninsula, as all the houses are built on stilts. We rode into one of their villages (below) and it looked so strange - they were obviously expensive houses but so vulnerable to the sea even at that height.

This house was all on its own and seemed to be perched on a tiny strip of land between the road and the sea. The front gate made us smile. Can you imagine a postman having to deliver to these houses - he would have to be fit:-)