Kemah Boardwalk

Last weekend my husband and I found ourselves with a free day. No soccer games, no painting projects, no nothin'. Since I know how annoying my husband can be when he has nothing to do...I mean... since we rarely have a whole day to ourselves, I racked my brain for some outing we both could enjoy. The weather was nice, so we wanted to get outside and walk around someplace fun.

About an hour's drive from our house is a little place called The Kemah Boardwalk. There are restaurants, shops, an arcade, rides and, oh yeah, a boardwalk. We decided to head out there to walk around, look at the boats and have a nice lunch.

Before we go on, there's something you need to know. This is something we NEVER do. Sure, if we have out of town company, we hit every tourist attraction in a fifty mile radius. But go off to some entertainment emporium and spend money on ourselves? Unheard of! Shocking!

Well, we threw caution to the wind and did it anyway. That's right, you heard me.



We walked...


and we walked...


and then, um, what did we do? Oh yeah, we walked some more!





Finally, we stopped for some lunch at Joe's Crab Shack.


Stealing a page from Jennifer's blog ("Valley Victuals". Link over there on the right-->) , I took photos of our meals while my husband showed incredible patience!

I had this fabulous crawfish etoufee:


Greg enjoyed the fish n' chips:


We savored our meals while watching the boats cruise by:





Have you seen enough boats? Too bad, here's some more:


After lunch we didn't play any games...


and we didn't go on any rides...


but we found a Starbucks (*angels singing*) in the shade of the rollercoaster, so the day was complete:


Those of you coming for my Big Birthday Extravaganza in September will get to experience Kemah first-hand, so make sure you pack some comfy shoes (and money for Starbucks).