Pirate's Beachhouse - September 12th, 2012
The No Sand Castles enforcement team is hard at work
No jelly fish, seaweed, oil, or dead fish on this beach!
Erin dances the beach while Nena walks Dolly
Ann & Howard help surpass the 4 car in the driveway limit
A cloudy day welcomes the just arrived beach vacationers
Erin works on flattening the path to the beach
Howard and Kyle put their kayaks into the water
Kyle gets ready first and paddles out past the waves
Howard is finally ready and wades out to deeper water
Ready to paddle, he heads out past the waves
They do a test run before kayak fishing later in the day
Rebecca comes back to the beach and joins a game of train
Donna and Ann take a walk along the beach
And they try to keep up with Alex
The family gathers for dinner Wednesday night
Ahma tries to get Alex to eat some barbeque
Bill, Ann and Mavis dig right in
Ann & Howard bring barbeque brisket, chop beef & beans
Start with 2 bbq sandwiches, potato salad & cole slaw
Thunderclouds form offshore at dusk
Tops of the clouds still show sunlight from past the horizon
Rebecca & Donna continue; Allan & Bill head back
Setting sun turns the cloud tops orange
Clouds form into a strong thunderstorm
Long wall of thunderstorm clouds run the visable length of the beach!
The thunderstorm is fast approaching the beach
And is looking like it will reach the beachhouse before us
Yikes! A close lightning strike can turn your hair white!
Bill & Rhonda head into Galveston during the storm
We stay and watch the lightning show that strangely has no thunder when over the waves