We woke up and got ready to leave. Check out time was 11, but we wanted to get an early stop so we were on the road by 9:45.

We’re definitely going to miss our cute little Airbnb. I cannot tell you how great the location was. We never actually cooked a meal in the kitchen but it was so well stocked it wouldn’t have been a problem to do so.

We decided, on the suggestion of our host and my sister, to stop off at Kemah and see the sights there. It’s actually just an exit on our way home so it wasn’t really out of the way.

The boardwalk was nice.

If you can’t tell by my hair, it was a bit windy.

We didn’t ride any of the rides, but if you have kids this looks like it would be a fun place to hang out.

We didn’t stay all that long because we were getting hungry. We had seen this diner on our way to the boardwalk. We had a really good breakfast. If you are ever in the Kemah area I highly recommend it.

Next stop was Nacogdoches. the oldest town in Texas, founded in 1779. I have always loved their downtown. It has the cutest shops and very friendly people.

We went to the visitors center which is also a little museum. We had to stop at Su Su’s. I love popcorn and we got a bag of the strawberry cheesecake and a bag of the Ulta butter popcorn. Both were delicious.

So many yummy treats to choose from and they have now opened a fudge and ice cream room. I had to reel it in because after all my Pina Coladas I really didn’t need a whole lot more of sugar, but everything was so tempting.

Donny wanted me to see the inside of the Fredonia Hotel. It was built in 1955 and is just gorgeous. We did a little walking tour around the inside.

I loved this cozy courtyard. The pool is something you would see on a 1950’s postcard.

I got this picture off of trip advisor, but it’s exactly how it looks in real life. Just stunning.

We are definitely planning to do an overnight here one of these days. I realize it’s only about an hour from our house, but it’s still sometimes just fun to have a little adventure close to home.

All in all we had such a wonderful time. We both needed to just get away for a few days and relax. Galveston is now on our list of places we are going to go back to visit.

We have never really been into souvenirs. So other than the clothes I got, this is what we consider our treasures of our trip.

Shells that I washed and put into our smaller glass fish.

A coaster from our favorite place that I turned into a magnet.

And last, but not least, cheesy photo booth pictures where we didn’t know what to do in them. The third was was where Donny said to make a scary face. Oh well, we tried.