We took one day from Houston to show the boys Galveston beach:
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Lots of fun playing, but we stayed in very shallow water this visit as the current was strong.
Since we were headed elsewhere, we didn’t stay in a hotel at the beach (the hotels are generally across the street from Seawall Blvd anyway, so it’s not as though you can walk through a lobby and step onto the sand — you still have to cross the street); there was a lot of public parking available and to use the space, you just use the Pay by Phone app which is super easy.
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The new “Babe’s Beach” in Galveston opened this week and is named in honor of A.R. “Babe” Schwartz, a state senator who fought for the Open Beaches Act, guaranteeing free public access to Texas beaches on the Gulf.