My friend Carrie and I went down to the Kemah Board Walk this past Friday for some oysters. Kemah has come along way from the way it was 3 years ago to how it is now. In a way it is an Astroworld plus some. Visitors have all the great restraunts, everything from seafood, mexican, steak, to the cup of coffee to let the food settle. Of course there are the great happy hour specials.
By a recommendation by my parents, we went to the Flying Dutchman. My parents said they had great oysters at low prices. I dont do oysters very often but they do. We got there around 6p and the crowd was still very light. Traffic getting there was another story, ha!
We ended up getting:
- 2 dozen oysters
- bucket of onion rings and crab balls
- 2 loafs of bread (complementry)
- Tea and Dr Pepper
Grand total was $26 + tip
The oysters were huge though, not sure if you can tell from the photos, but they covered the entire cracker.
So after we stuffed ourselves we walked around. Carrie had to be patient while I took photos of almost everything. I think I uploaded 47 photos.
There is an area in front of the Aquarium and in front of the shops. There is a circular fountain in the brick floor. The kids love playing in this! I dared Carrie to walk across the middle and see if she could avoid being sprayed by one of the fountains when they started going off. She made it through un-wettened :( haha! I did it as well, and all was good.
So we walked around to the different shops and browsed away. Saw some neato gizmos and gadgets. One place that we spent a bit more time was, the Thomas Kinkaid gallery. Really like his art. Carrie had never seen this place so introduced her. There are a few photos in my gallery of his paintings. For those of you who dont know, T. Kinkaid painted art that glows in low light. Gives an effect of realism, such as the sun going down, or lights turning on. Some very cool stuff.
We also went into the Aquarium and looked at the fishies. Plenty of pics from in here. There are sharks, eels, and plenty of other swimmers whom I have no clue what they are, lol! Those eels are freaky little suckers!
We also took a lot at the games and rides area. You will see some photos of the new roller coaster they put in recently. The Board Walk Bullet! Its supposed to be really good from what I hear.
Another cool feature of Kemah is the little canal. When you eat at the restruants you can see the boats that go through the canal from the docks to the bay. All different types of floaters, sea doos, sail boats, and party boats. I have a photo of a party boat that passed through. I think they were having their prom.
I think they only do this on Friday nights, the live band. Its a lot of fun! You can go and just sit and listen. or get you booty on the dance floor and shake your rump :-p They played a lot of really good music, most of which I knew and was singing and dancing to :)
Well that is the quick run down of my experience in Kemah. Was a lot of fun to be there! The drive is a pain, but I live near the Galleria, so its a distance.
You can see all photos at my gallery web site.
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