On the way to our campsite we passed this amusement park built on a pier, Pleasure Pier, which it appears to have just opened this year. I was shooting into the sun, so mostly this is a silhouette. I did get another photo later, so stick around:
Once downtown we were not disappointed, lovely churches. First two photos, believe to be Lutheran churches.
Below, a Catholic church. (Sorry bout the utility pole, it is tough shooting from a moving car in a busy downtown city area.) We had no idea where to park, and felt we did not have the time to find a parking spot so we could walk around. Oh, Galveston, I hope I can visit again sometime and do your beautiful city photo justice.
Large beautifully maintained mansions, some obviously having been transformed to businesses.
A close up of the turret in the home above.
There were some terrific buildings in the downtown business district, I love this, all those ads, I know some of those products! LOL
After driving around for a hour or more, we headed back to to the beach, had dinner, and snagged this photo of the amusement park at dusk:
Before our dinner we also walked on the beach, photos soon. Maybe even a sunset to share - -
*That disclaimer thingy: Pleasure Pier did not ask me to visit, photograph or chat about their amusement park, they did not give me any goodies either for mentioning them in this blog.
** We arrived in the Galveston area on November 16, 2012.
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Pleasure Pier was built on the site of the Flagship Hotel, which was destroyed in Hurricane Ike in 2008. The Flagship (an icon from my childhood) was built there in 1965 - on the site of an earlier Pleasure Pier originally operating in the 1940s!
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