Shrimp Festival and Blessing of Da'Fleet

Went to this festival yesterday in old downtown Galveston Island.  They had a gumbo cookoff so I got to taste some pretty good gumbo.  Walked around and admired some of the old buildings [picture attached.]  Galveston was actually one of the grandest cities west of the Mississippi River and a financial center back in it's heyday.  Today we go to the offshore drilling museum and the 1900 hurricane museum [that hurricane was one of the most devastating natural events to ever hit the US.]  Came back for the afternoon football games.  My alma mater UCLA beat Texas but Arkansas lost to Alabama.  Both were good games as far as the action goes.  Cold front passed through last night.  No rain, just some high clouds.  Another beautiful morning.