Pennie and I spent the day in Kemah on the waterfront. I had never been and I couldn't think of anyone I would rather go with. The way the trip started off, we were joking around that we were doomed. It seemed like every three or four miles some idiot driver would pull off a bonehead move that put our lives in danger. We avoided all the stupidity and made our way to Kemah.

This is us shortly after arriving. I am getting pretty decent at holding the camera in front of us and pointing back while shooting.



On the website, I saw the ad for "The Beast." It is billed as, "...an incredible 20 minute thrill ride on Galveston Bay while cruising up to 50 mph and listening to some of your favorite tunes!" and just had to ride it. What they failed to mention was that if you sit at the very front of one of these long boats when the bay is extremely choppy due to high winds - it is "...a 20 minute, spine-crushing, slamfest cruising way too fast on that choppy of water and listening to some tunes that might be memorable if you weren't being beaten to a pulp!"



It was all going well until we started slamming into the chop - then it became a struggle to protect my already injured back from the disability-inducing ride. Out of respect to Pennie, I won't show the pictures I took of her - she didn't look any happier than me here.



After the HORRIBLE boat ride, we went and rode the Pharoah's Revenge or Poobah's Curse or something like that. (basically one of those that swings you pendulum-style back and forth. It has just enough pause at the top to give you that weightless-lose-your-stomach feeling. It was GREAT!! You know why? Because it didn't pound the crap out of us!



After that, we had a nice meal at Landry's and took in several of the live entertainment venues. The tunes were really good. The night was perfect temperature. I have some video of a fire-juggler that I will add later.

It was a really fun day despite the fact that the Beast won the fight. :)

- posted by Chris @ 11:15 PM