From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 4/17/2024 12:38 AM, Mike Van Pelt wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > sticks   wrote:   
   >>> I have heard good things about Padre Island Texas; it's on   
   >>> my bucket list.   
   >>   
   >> In the late 70's I was tenting out of a Honda 750 and made my way to   
   >> Galveston.  I don't know if you can still do it there, but you could   
   >> actually drive right out onto the beach.  I had never seen that before   
   >> and thought it was pretty wild.   
   >   
   > Around 1977, when I lived in Houston, I went to Galveston a few   
   > times.  I wasn't too impressed with the beach.  True, Florida/   
   > Alabama Gulf Coast is a hard act to follow, but the tar balls...   
   > yecch.  I hope they've cleaned that up since.   
   >   
      
   I don't remember the beach being dirty, but the air smelled like   
   petroleum for miles and miles down there.  I remember wondering how   
   people could live with it all the time.   
      
      
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