Date and Location for Beach trip

CRUX wrote:

I'm up if there are REAL chicks in bikinis. Not those winter Texans that look like Todd in a bikini that still have their winter coat of insulating fur on :taz: ....no thanks!


No offense brother Todd

Damn! You got me there

N2rock wrote:

JK-fredd0 wrote:

can't find chicks in bikini videos on crystal beach

Didn't see any of those on the last 2 trips to PINS either


Hey... what about Matagorda?

It's in between PINS and Crystal

It has chicks in bikinis

It has miles of beach

It has gas and groceries

I'm up if there are REAL chicks in bikinis. Not those winter Texans that look like Todd in a bikini that still have their winter coat of insulating fur on :taz: ....no thanks!


No offense brother Todd

i've never been there, it sounds like a great alternative.

JK-fredd0 wrote:

can't find chicks in bikini videos on crystal beach

Didn't see any of those on the last 2 trips to PINS either


Hey... what about Matagorda?

It's in between PINS and Crystal

It has chicks in bikinis

It has miles of beach

It has gas and groceries

TOYZ_2 wrote:

I agree with CRUX, we had planned on getting up early and returning that night. And the Houston guys are misleading you in the time travel. You have to take 30 minutes to an hour off time travel due to Houston Traffic. :fightingvehicl Yea i lived there while in Tech School, thats why i now live in S.A. Houston traffic sucks.....

Not if you go I-10 to Grand Parkway to 90 to Hwy 6. You hit more lights, but you avoid that 1-45 mess

skoalman wrote:

There is only one grocery store, and its not fully open yet. The closest real store is over 30 miles away. There are only 3 or 4 places to eat. There is only one gas station, but they just got gasoline last week. No motels or hotels. Lots or places & homes still do not have sewer systems. You still cant drink the water without boiling it. If you try to find a place to stay in Galveston, most of them are still full of evacuees. The Ferry ride is nice, but you never know if you have to sit in line for 30 minutes or 4 hours, or more.

Not to put a damper on anything, just giving the facts. Who knows, it might improve a little bit between now and trip time.

Damper? What you just described is exactly like PINS LOL

I'm down for ether beach, crystal and corpus are both a 4 hour trip from waco, I guess thats why the call this area the heart of texas.

I agree with CRUX, we had planned on getting up early and returning that night. And the Houston guys are misleading you in the time travel. You have to take 30 minutes to an hour off time travel due to Houston Traffic. :fightingvehicl Yea i lived there while in Tech School, thats why i now live in S.A. Houston traffic sucks.....

Another note is that this has mostly been just a day trip for me. Get up early, head there, and get home that night. Some of you seem to want to make it a weekend trip. That's a little different. I can understand the folks coming from farther away wanting to stay or camp. I'll go with whatever. Maybe we should just call it our annual BEACH trip now that we have chapters. That way we can just change it around each year to accomodate everyone.


I'm still gonna do my PiNS run dammit if I have to go alone.

I don't mind going to Crystal myself. My point is that when we originally went to PINS, we said "lets make this a yearly thing". So I think we should keep up with that. This was metioned before we had a H-town or even Waco chapter. I actually make a yearly or bi-annual run myself, and invite anyone that wants to attend. I'm not trying to be difficult, it just seems like the PINS trip idea is already starting to get compromised. We go to PINS for a reason - crowd free & miles of beach. But Crystal works too.

i'm game for crystal beach.... but if what todd said is true, there isn't much to go to. I'd like to hear his report when he gets back. also, things may get better before the trip, but how much better? 1 store, 1 gas station, no hotels....

it's not about the drive. i might not be able to make it to the beach run this year at all depending on budget (diapers, formula, and clothes are damn expensive for a fast growing, hungry, rug rat). I'm crossing my fingers for k-rocks even though i shouldn't really go for budget reasons. but i figure, this is the very LAST chance to see it.

N2rock wrote:

OK... I feel the need to get this off my chest... Sorry if I offend anyone. But I see a lot of tap dancing around this. So I'm going to just come right out with it.

Houston to Trees = 5 hours
SA to Trees = 2 hours

Houston to Longs = 4 hours
SA to Longs = 2 hours

Houston to Pins = 4 hours
SA to Pins = 2 hours

Anyone seeing a pattern here?


Houston to Shiloh = 3 hours
SA to Shiloh = 5 hours (no one went- except Cody who is an honorary H-Town member since he comes here frequently)

Houston to Crystal Beach = 1.5 hours
SA to Crystal Beach = 5 hours (none want to go)


There I said it.

And on another note.... How can the Pins trip be considered "a yearly thing" when it has only happened once before? There's no "tradition" created by a single event...Well, OK there were 2 runs to pins, but they were in the same year- one in Feb, and one in the summer. And a handful of H-town made it both times. And one of those Pins runs occurred when gas was hitting around $4/gallon!

Sorry... Count me out this time.

Let it all out N2.


Maybe you have a point there. Not that I have been on any of those trips. I am OK with Crystal Beach.

can't find chicks in bikini videos on crystal beach

JK_JOE wrote:

I can't argue with N2rock on this one although I've only been to Cline's & Tree's.

It's been a great while since I've been to the Galveston / Crystal Beach area, way before Ike. Has any been there lately? Is it fixed up? Are the beaches OK? I would like to go again if its at least semi fixed up.

Here's a good video I found when I Googled "Crystal Beach".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGLck42anbo


I think it we will have a good time.
:grouphug3:

I only watched about 45 seconds of the video. Its an old video. It looks nothing, nothing like that now. Here is a better video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwjyR8U_3So&feature=related

Crystal Beach & Bolivar were almost completely wiped off of the map.

There is only one grocery store, and its not fully open yet. The closest real store is over 30 miles away. There are only 3 or 4 places to eat. There is only one gas station, but they just got gasoline last week. No motels or hotels. Lots or places & homes still do not have sewer systems. You still cant drink the water without boiling it. If you try to find a place to stay in Galveston, most of them are still full of evacuees. The Ferry ride is nice, but you never know if you have to sit in line for 30 minutes or 4 hours, or more.

Not to put a damper on anything, just giving the facts. Who knows, it might improve a little bit between now and trip time.

I was gonna go down on Friday to check our lots and the beach. Maybe try and catch a fish or two or three if all my secret spots haven't been washed away. I'll post up a report w/pics when I get back.

JK_JOE wrote:

I can't argue with N2rock on this one although I've only been to Cline's & Tree's.

It's been a great while since I've been to the Galveston / Crystal Beach area, way before Ike. Has any been there lately? Is it fixed up? Are the beaches OK? I would like to go again if its at least semi fixed up.

Here's a good video I found when I Googled "Crystal Beach".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGLck42anbo


I think it we will have a good time.
:grouphug3:

Nice vid.... kinda sad though. There is basically nothing on the shore side of Hwy 87 except for concrete slabs and whatever was left over. The dunes are on the opposite side of the road now...

That is what we get for living in H town.... at least we get more hurricanes.... :nahnahna2: and skeeters.... :nahnahna2: and our crime rate is higher too!!! :nahnahna2:

I am down for whatever but our beaches sucked before Ike rolled around.... I guess because it is in my back yard I don't appreciate it enough. I am just gonna drink beer and cook anyway so just say where and I will try and make it happen.

I can't argue with N2rock on this one although I've only been to Cline's & Tree's.

It's been a great while since I've been to the Galveston / Crystal Beach area, way before Ike. Has any been there lately? Is it fixed up? Are the beaches OK? I would like to go again if its at least semi fixed up.

Here's a good video I found when I Googled "Crystal Beach".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGLck42anbo


I think it we will have a good time.
:grouphug3:

N2rock wrote:

OK... I feel the need to get this off my chest... Sorry if I offend anyone. But I see a lot of tap dancing around this. So I'm going to just come right out with it.

Houston to Trees = 5 hours
SA to Trees = 2 hours

Houston to Longs = 4 hours
SA to Longs = 2 hours

Houston to Pins = 4 hours
SA to Pins = 2 hours

Anyone seeing a pattern here?


Houston to Shiloh = 3 hours
SA to Shiloh = 5 hours (no one went- except Cody who is an honorary H-Town member since he comes here frequently)

Houston to Crystal Beach = 1.5 hours
SA to Crystal Beach = 5 hours (none want to go)


There I said it.

And on another note.... How can the Pins trip be considered "a yearly thing" when it has only happened once before? There's no "tradition" created by a single event...Well, OK there were 2 runs to pins, but they were in the same year- one in Feb, and one in the summer. And a handful of H-town made it both times. And one of those Pins runs occurred when gas was hitting around $4/gallon!

Sorry... Count me out this time.

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I fully understand Steve and I am cool with Crystal Beach (I have never been there) , we have been wanting to get these SA guys going east. The Houston crowd has been great to do all the driving, so lets head east SA!!!

johnnyJK wrote:

...besides i think it would look cool seeing a ferry full of jeeps flying pirate flags arrrrrgh

I was thinking the same thing. :punk:

well im in san antonio and i do admit you h town folk do seem to come our way more often so my vote went to crystal beach besides i think it would look cool seeing a ferry full of jeeps flying pirate flags arrrrrgh

OK... I feel the need to get this off my chest... Sorry if I offend anyone. But I see a lot of tap dancing around this. So I'm going to just come right out with it.

Houston to Trees = 5 hours
SA to Trees = 2 hours

Houston to Longs = 4 hours
SA to Longs = 2 hours

Houston to Pins = 4 hours
SA to Pins = 2 hours

Anyone seeing a pattern here?


Houston to Shiloh = 3 hours
SA to Shiloh = 5 hours (no one went- except Cody who is an honorary H-Town member since he comes here frequently)

Houston to Crystal Beach = 1.5 hours
SA to Crystal Beach = 5 hours (none want to go)


There I said it.

And on another note.... How can the Pins trip be considered "a yearly thing" when it has only happened once before? There's no "tradition" created by a single event...Well, OK there were 2 runs to pins, but they were in the same year- one in Feb, and one in the summer. And a handful of H-town made it both times. And one of those Pins runs occurred when gas was hitting around $4/gallon!

Sorry... Count me out this time.

sa ---> crystal beach = 5 hrs


i guess that is like h-town going to tree's, however.


i still know SA is gonna do PINS cause it is their yearly deal. i would be willing to drive to crystal beach, but i don't know how my schedule will fit...

If you Houstonites had a rig like mine insted of those fancy 07s - 08s - 09s you could afford the gas.

I vote Crystal Beach this time. Come on, you SA guys can drive our way for once.