Texas Visit

All I can say May has been a busy month for Dave and I. We have just been gone! Vacation, business... We flew into Houston then drove to Galveston for a Itsa meeting, International Thermal Spray Association. David happens to be the President for two years. You wonder how he has time for that and all the other stuff that he does?? Well we wonder to!! But for me I get to see places that I would never get to see. Last year it was in South Carolina. That was fun. And I have never been to Texas either. We went to a place called Moody Gardens Resort. So neat and fun. A lot of fun things to do there. A water park, The Aquarium, Imax, The Rain forest, Lone Star Flight Museum. We only got in the Aquarium. Not enough time for the other stuff. So Dave had his meetings and I was busy with other stuff as well. Fun trip all in all even if it was business. I really enjoy this organization they think of family. Cause family sometime travels in as well as wives. 

Here is the day that is set for the wives to do something. Usually they have a golf game for the men or who ever wants to play and the wives have something else planned. Well Dave this year decided to go with me and not golf..can you believe that!!! So we were down in the historical part of Galveston I believe. So we did some shopping. Not a lot of shops where open because it was on a Sunday. Which usually they don't have things planned on a Sunday. It is usually on Saturday. We had fun

 This is where Dave and I ate at a place and had Gumbo soup. I was raised on Chicken Gumbo soup from my mother. But it was different then what she made for me. I had chicken and sausage, David had a sea food type of Gumbo. It was yummy. 

 We went out on a dinner boat in the evening time. Beautiful weather. Not hot at all.

 This is a shot from the bay we were in and we could see Moody Gardens 

 These are some summer homes I suppose along the bay we were in. Gorgeous homes!!

 OK so we were sooo fortunate to be able to see the solar eclipse while we were out in the bay on our dinner cruise. Some one in our group had mentioned that we would not be able to see it. So while we were eating half way through a bunch of people got up and was going outside and up stairs. I asked as to what was going on and they said to see the eclipse. I got my camera and headed out as well!! Dave did not follow. Oh man I was just in awe!! So beautiful. I just had my little camera and I thought that I got some great shots of the eclipse. I finally went and got David to come and see it. He was in awe as I was. 

I just had a blast in Galveston and on the dinner boat and to see the eclipse. We then headed to Houston for a conference that David had to speak at on Monday. So he made his rounds with it on Tuesday visiting all the different booths. I believe it was a Thermal Spray Conference. Did not get to see much of Houston but may be another time.