The Galveston-Bolivar ferry is the link between Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula on Hwy 87. A service provided FREE to all travelers 24 hours a day by TX-Dot since 1934. Each trip covers about 2.7 miles and takes about 18 minutes to cross,
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We went down to the gulf coast over the weekend and stopped in Galveston to visit with my friends from the Surfside Flyers Kite Club who had set up their usual Saturday flight across the road from the beach. The beach along
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The Galveston-Bolivar ferry is the link between Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula on Hwy 87. A service provided FREE to all travelers 24 hours a day by TX-Dot since 1934. Each trip covers about 2.7 miles and takes about 18 minutes. Each ferry
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Seawolf Park is located on Galveston’s Pelican Island on a former immigration station site. Open year-round dawn to dusk. Admission is $6 per car. Fishing Bands and admission to the fenced in area around the exhibit ships and museum are extra. Fishing
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The Bolivar Lighthouse was built by the federal government in 1852 and was later dismantled by Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. It was rebuilt in 1872 and was the beacon that guided thousands of mariners into port until 1933. The 52,000
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January 23, 2021, was supposed to be the date of Surfside Beach’s 4th Annual Surfside Food and Art Festival, with the added bonus of a Kite Flying Expo, but with the COVID-19 restrictions in place, the Food and Art Show got rescheduled
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Here are some aerial Sunset photos taken when we were participating in the Surfside Nite Kite Festival…
I decided to attend this event, held down on the Texas Gulf Coast in Surfside Beach. The Surfside Flyers Kite Club put on a really good show with multiple illuminated huge kites in the air. I flew my Mavic 2 Pro drone
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It doesn’t take much effort to talk me into flying drones these days, depending upon the weather of course. In between commercial projects, I like to just go fly for the fun of it. Last weekend, I had the chance to spend
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