| Date |
Time |
Event |
Route |
Time Length |
Miles |
Cost |
Day 1
Saturday
Aug 4 |
7:00am-5:00pm |
drive from Fayetteville, AR to Galveston, TX |
I 540, I 40, Hwy 69, Hwy 75 (via Dallas), I 45 |
10:00 |
639 |
gas=$128
or
gas=$113 |
| I 540, Hwy 259, Hwy 59 (via Nacogdoches), I 45 |
10:00 |
564 |
| |
|
breakfast & lunch & snack & trinkets |
|
2:00 |
|
food=$40
trinkets=$2 |
| |
7:00pm |
Galveston Island |
|
|
5 |
gas=$2 |
| |
7-8:30pm |
dinner |
|
1:30 |
|
dinner=$40 |
| |
|
motel |
|
|
|
motel=$100 |
Day 2
Sunday
Aug 5 |
9-10am |
breakfast |
|
1:00 |
|
breakfast=$20 |
| |
|
Galveston Railroad Museum - Center for Transportation and Commerce
123 25th St. (Rosenberg) - 25th and Strand - Phone: 409/765-5700
open 7 days a week, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
|
2:00 |
|
$8 X 2=$16
trinkets=$15 |
| |
10am-1pm |
beach, geocaching, ride trolleys, trinkets |
|
|
|
trolley=$5
trinkets=$40 |
| |
|
Texas Seaport Museum/ELISSA
Pier 21, Number 8
Open Daily: 10am - 5pm |
|
2:00 |
|
$10 X 2 + $9=$30
trinkets=$5 |
| |
1pm-2pm |
lunch |
|
1:00 |
|
lunch=$35 |
| |
2pm-6pm |
beach, geocaching, ride trolleys |
|
|
|
trolley=$5 |
| |
6-7:30pm |
The Strand - dinner |
|
1:30 |
|
dinner=$45 |
| |
|
city driving |
|
|
5 |
gas=$2 |
| |
|
motel |
|
|
|
motel=$100 |
Day 3
Monday
Aug 6 |
9:00-10am |
breakfast |
|
1:00 |
|
breakfast=$20 |
| |
10am-3:30pm |
Moody Gardens
open daily, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m
lunch |
|
5:30 |
|
Aquarium $16 X 2 + $10
Rainforest $10 X 2 + $8
4D Theater: $10 X 2 + $8
= $100
lunch=$40
trinkets=$30 |
| |
|
city driving |
|
|
5 |
gas=$2 |
| |
3:30-5pm |
Lone Star Flight Museum
2002 Terminal Dr. - (next to Moody Gardens & Galveston Airport)
Open Daily: 9am - 5pm |
|
1:30 |
|
$8 X 2 + $5 = $21
trinkets=$5 |
| |
5-6:30pm |
dinner |
|
1:30 |
|
dinner=$45 |
| |
|
motel |
|
|
|
motel=$100 |
Day 4
Tuesday
Aug 7 |
9:30-10:30am |
breakfast |
|
1:00 |
|
breakfast=$20 |
| |
11am-12:00pm |
Harbor Tour and Dolphin Watch
Daily, One-Hour - Leaves Pier 22 (Harborside Drive at 22nd Street) at: 11
a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. |
|
1:00 |
|
$6 X 2 + $3 = $15
trinkets=$5 |
| |
|
city driving |
|
|
5 |
gas=$2 |
| |
2-3pm |
lunch |
|
1:00 |
|
lunch=$30 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
5-6:30pm |
geocaching and beach |
|
1:30 |
|
|
| |
6:30-8pm |
dinner |
|
1:30 |
|
dinner=$45 |
| |
|
motel |
|
|
|
motel=$100 |
Day 5
Wednesday
Aug 8 |
9:30-10:30am |
breakfast |
|
1:00 |
|
breakfast=$20 |
| |
11am-12:30pm |
Galveston Duck Tours
Loads at 25th & Seawall Blvd.
Tour Times: 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 7:30pm |
|
1:30 |
|
$13 X 2 + $7=$33 |
| |
12:30-1pm |
lunch |
|
1:00 |
|
lunch=$45 |
| |
|
city driving |
|
|
5 |
gas=$2 |
| |
1pm-3:30pm |
Seawolf Park - WWII Submarine, destroyer escort, Fishing Pier
Pelican Island via Seawolf Parkway (51st Street, across Galveston Bay)
Open year-round dawn to dusk. |
|
2:30 |
|
parking: $5
$5 X 2 + $2 =$12
trinkets=$5 |
| |
3:30-5pm |
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig & Museum
Pier 20 - Daily: 10am - 5pm |
|
1:30 |
|
$6 X 2 |
| |
5pm-7pm |
beach and geocaching |
|
|
|
|
| |
7pm-8:30 |
dinner |
|
1:30 |
|
dinner=$45 |
| |
|
motel |
|
|
|
motel=$100 |
Day 6
Thursday
Aug 9 |
8:00-9:00 |
breakfast |
|
|
|
breakfast=$20 |
| |
9:00-9:30 |
ferry from Galveston, TX to Port Bolivar, TX |
|
0:20 |
|
free |
| |
9:30-10am |
geocaching |
|
2:00 |
|
|
| |
10-11am |
drive from Port Bolivar, TX to Port Arthur, TX |
Hwy 87 |
1:00 |
72 |
gas=$18 |
| |
11am-12pm |
drive from Port Arthur, TX to Holly Beach, TX |
|
1:00 |
40 |
gas=$10 |
| |
12:00am-3pm |
Wetlands Walkway Sabine National Wildlife Refuge |
|
3:00 |
|
|
| |
3-3:30pm |
drive from Holly Beach, TX to Hackberry, TX |
|
0:30 |
20 |
gas=$5 |
| |
3:30-4pm |
drive from Hackberry, TX to Lake Charles, LA |
|
0:30 |
28 |
gas=$7 |
| |
4-5:30pm |
Lake Charles - lunch |
|
|
|
lunch=$40 |
| |
5:30-6:30pm |
drive from Lake Charles, LA to Beaumont, TX |
I 10 |
1:00 |
64 |
gas=$16 |
| |
6:30-8:30pm |
drive from Beaumont, TX to Nacogdoches, TX |
Hwy 69 & 59 |
2:00 |
125 |
gas=$32 |
| |
|
dinner |
|
|
|
dinner=$100 |
Day 7
Friday
Aug 10 |
|
Tony |
|
|
|
|
Day 8
Saturday
Aug 11 |
|
drive from Nacogdoches, TX to Shreveport, LA |
|
2:00 |
102 |
gas=$20 |
| |
|
Shreveport city driving |
|
|
10 |
gas=$5 |
| |
|
trinkets and seafood |
|
|
|
trinkets=$100 |
| |
|
lunch |
|
|
|
lunch=$30 |
| |
|
drive from Shreveport, LA to Fayetteville, AR |
|
6:30 |
306 |
gas=$62
snacks=$20 |
| Totals |
|
gas=$313
motels=$500
food/snacks=$700
entertainment=$227
parking/fares=$20
trinkets/seafood=$207 |
Total=$1,967 |
$2,000 |
Visitor's Center: Open year-round, Weekends: 12 noon-4pm. Weekdays: 7am-4pm,
Office: Open year-round, Weekdays Only: 7am-4pm.
Wetland Walkway: Open year-round from sunrise to sunset. Wetland Walkway, located
four miles south of the refuge visitor center on the west side of Highway 27
Highway 27: Open year-round to public use. Roadside public use areas along Highway
27 are open from sunrise to sunset.
From I-10, Sulphur exit, south on LA-27 to the visitor center and parking on
the left 8 miles south of Hackberry and 4 miles farther to the Wetland Walkway
and parking on the right.
