Letterboxing in the Galveston Bay Area

Thomas and I are going on a cruise with my sister and her husband and my brother and his wife. The cruise leaves from Galveston tomorrow and we decided to go a day early (just to make sure we got there on time) and to do a little letterboxing and sight seeing in the area. When I started doing some research I noticed that there had been an event at Jack Brooks Park in Hitchcock, TX (The Cat's Meow) so I decided that would be a good place to start.

Little Blood Sucker

After landing at Houston Hobby we grabbed our bags and headed for the rental car area. After getting that taken care of we headed south on I45 to FM2004 and then to Jack Brooks Park. We knew we didn't have time for all the boxes so we picked an area and started there. We ended up at the Veterans Memorial Playground Area. Walking the trails in this area we found sixteen boxes - CATfish, Hakuna Matata (3), Cat Woman, Clueless Cat, Kitty Ying and Kitty Yang (2), Skitty and Friends (3), Steinlen's Le Chat Noir, Duchess, Cheshire Cat, Curious Cat and Here Kitty Kitty. It was a beautiful day in the park - around 85°F, clear blue skies and a gentle breeze - the humidity wasn't all that bad either. On the down side there were hoards of mosquitoes. We put on a ton of deet and we still got eaten up. We did actually have a little more time to find boxes but we just couldn't stand the bugs anymore. So we made our way back to the car and completed our drive to Galveston.

Cemetery Statue

We arrived in Galveston and checked in to our hotel (The Tremont House), took a little rest and washed up before heading out to do some things. We first stopped at the Galveston Visitors Center to get some info and a map and to look for a letterbox. This box (Brown Pelican) was placed by the Galveston Visitors Center but the two people in the place didn't know anything about it and we couldn't find a brown pelican anywhere in building. So we headed out and stopped at the Bishop's Palace to find Bell Motel's Bishop's Palace Revisited. This was an easy find and after stamping in we walked around the building and took some pictures - we opted not to go in for a tour. By this time we were a little hungry and we stopped for a bite to eat and to sit and relax. We ate at a restaurant near the sea wall. We had a pretty good view of the gulf and a great meal. After dinner we decided to try for a few more boxes before calling it a day. We stopped at Old City Cemetery and found Boots Tex's Prince John and Lone Star Quilter's By the Bay - Quilt Block Series: Creepy Crab. We enjoyed walking around this cemetery and found some neat headstones. On the way back to the hotel we attempted to find Triple XXX Root Beer and Craning for Water but we came up empty handed on both.

So we decided to call it a day and drove back to the hotel and got settled in for the night. It was a great day of letterboxing - I always enjoy letterboxing in Texas - thanks to all the letterboxers who have planted the wonderful stamps that I had the pleasure of finding.