"The Way West"...Day 81...Sunday, September 2, 2012

Roger and I are up early this morning because we've got packing up to do. I'm scheduled to be back home on Thursday but today, we're heading 300 miles south in the opposite direction. Our destination is the town of San Leon (Dickinson, actually) between Houston and Galveston. And why, you might wonder, am I driving that far out of my way? The answer is "Gilhooley's"...a restaurant the serves the finest "Grilled Oysters" that I've ever eaten...oysters on the half-shell slathered with garllic butter, grated parmesan, topped with a shrimp...then cooked on an open wood fire until everything is melted...absolutely awesome!
The drive to San Leon is long and tedious. We stop once for gas, but that's it. Around 3:30PM, we arrive at the Bay RV Park and check in. We had planned to go right to Gilhooley's, but their parking lot is too small to accommodate our large vehicles. Our plan to take a taxi is thwarted when we find out that there's a two-hour wait...and that the fare to go about two miles and then back is $35.00. So...we unpack the Explorer...a one-hour project that we all would have preferred to avoid.
Finally...around 5:00PM...we head for Gilhooley's. The Grilled Oysters are magnificent, as are the raw oysters, fried oysters and fried shrimp...we gorge ourselves for almost two hours...washing down our food with little "cups" of Copa wine.
We leave absolutely stuffed...heading back to camp. There, we open a few bottles of red wine and sip away until late in the night.