I believe you need a sticker though to have your car on the beach. At least this is true for Bolivar. You can buy it at a local convenience store.
I think that's the case for Freeport, but I don't think it's true for Galveston. I'll see if I can find any info on this.
amazingly i've never made it to that side of the island. my numerous trips to Sea Wolf park always had me turning north onto the pelican causeway.
Had a lot of friends there in the late 80s early 90s and did quite a bit of partying in Galveston -- definitely a cool vibe then and I'd bet it's still pretty much the same. Lots of really old buildings (for Texas) which is very cool -- if they ever get around to legalizing gambling Galveston will become a very hip and fun place to vacation again.
I rarely ever to to Galveston. Had to run a hot shot for my company to the spot saturday, took my girl and went to the daiquiri lounge up stairs. It was nice. Followed that up by hitting up brews bros on the strand. That place was awesome and decently priced. It's fun, and some of the nicer bars have a lot of eye candy. My family is considering opening a restaurant there... But man it's tough having to make all your income for the year in 3 months.
Do not speed through Jamaica Beach. Seven Seas grocery store on the far West End is a good place to restock a beach house.
Someone mentioned that... in order to see blue water at Galveston, we should look for days where winds are blowing to the north. I would think that northward currents would be the true factor as they would tend to push the blue water up from the south and the brown Mississippi water further east... but that's pure conjecture. I don't really know about such things. So...Is it the northward winds... or northward currents.. or both?
I witnessed the green/blue water last year after a big cool front came through. It was nice to see the Mississippi mud gone for a day.
In spring and fall after a front you can see blue water in Galveston -- it's never going to be super clear, but it has a nice clean looking color.
The Strand is a great place to spend the day. Every store sells beer and you are allowed to drink while walking around, so what could be better? That being said, it was under 8 feet of water after Ike and a lot of the cool shops never re-opened. So the post-Ike version isn't as nice as the pre-Ike version. Still a lot to do and see, though.
True... but a lot of different places opened up post-Ike that weren't there before, and the ones that were thriving before are back now. The ones that didn't come back were likely on their way out anyways. Pound for pound, there's more to do on the strand now (shopping, eating, drinking-wise) than there was in 2007.
Yep... lots of these days exist... especially in the winter (when not many people are around to see it). The intermittent blue beats living in land-locked Dallas or any other non-coastal city.
