It's Jamaica Beach, Mon!

Jamaica Beach is a resort community one hundred eight eight miles from our last stop in Aransas Pass, and just a few minutes south of Galveston, Texas. It's located on Galveston Island, a continuation of the barrier island chain that we've been following since South Padre Island, and protection for Galveston Bay, which is the port for the city of Houston.

As we left the "Coast Bend" this morning, we found ourselves inland on Texas 35, a nice two-lane highway that travels through immense fields of newly planted corn. Yes, farmland! These fields were tremendous, and of course, we met several large farm vehicles on the road.

Cruising through Port Lavaca, Bay City, and Freeport got us to Jamaica Beach RV Resort. This is a small park, with narrow sites, but the sites have concrete pads to park on and good utilities. The water pressure is phenomenal, and the wifi is ok. We're in site 11, which is on the end of a row next to the path to the beach, so we're happy. On the other side, the motorhome seems to be unoccupied, so we're by ourselves!

This is the view from our windshield, with a nice beach house the only thing between us and the water.

The lower power line is just at about the line between the ocean and the sky.

We just had to walk over to the beach to watch the sailboats, and take a comfortable stroll. The wind, for a change, is not blowing a gale, and the temp was about 75 F. Nice!

Sasha had a ball on the beach! She had been cooped up all day, and needed to get out! Even though she was supposed to be on a leash, we found a deserted section of beach, and Sasha found a stick, so we were all happy!

I'm sure we'll spend some more time on the beach while we're here!