The following is an excerpt from Michael Graczyk, Associated Press | January 28, 2012 | usatoday.com |
GALVESTON, Texas – Galveston’s Bolivar Ferry, Texas’ version of the famous New York Staten Island Ferry, may be the best tourist bargain in the Lone Star State.
It’s free, and the roughly 20-minute ride each way between Port Bolivar and Galveston is an entertaining diversion from the beaches and historic districts that are the biggest local tourist draw. Nowhere else in the vast state of Texas can you cross and share a waterway with ships on one of the world’s busiest channels, feed scores of seagulls eager for bread or popcorn, and spot dolphins swimming and diving within shouting distance of the boat.
“The scenery, looking at everything, I’ve enjoyed it since I was a child,” Destiny Perry-Inman, 30, of Kirbyville, said on a recent trip. “I’d come here every summer with my dad. I would recommend it to people who enjoy this sort of thing.”
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