noon, so we headed to Galveston to do some tourist stuff. Galveston new building style - stick houses. First we went to the Ocean Oilrig tour. On one of the piers, they had an old oil rig set up with displays as to the history and the workings of the off shore oil rigs. Quite interesting but very technical.
Then we visited Moody mansion and museum. I got a coupon off the internet that was 2 for 1 admission, so we went on the tour. Our guide was really, really good. And the house was amazing. Pictures were not allowed. It was build in the late 1800s, and has been restored to that time period. And of course, it is decorated for the season.
On Tuesday, we headed to the Verner-Hogg Plantation ( State Park) and had a wonderful tour of the building. I still have trouble remembering that the plantation house is really a farm house, a summer retreat from the city. This building had four rooms on each floor and a separate building for the kitchen. The servant bringing food from the kitchen to the dining room had to whistle, not to warn them that she is coming, but to show that she/he was not eating the food!! We are becoming experts on Texas history!!
And everywhere you go, you see:
Brown, black, reddish. They are everywhere!!
