{"id":6466,"date":"2021-10-06T11:21:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?page_id=6466"},"modified":"2021-10-19T20:34:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T00:34:22","slug":"2021-10-02-07-bolivar-and-galveston-island","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/2021-10-02-07-bolivar-and-galveston-island\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 10\/04 – 10\/11 Bolivar, Galveston Island and Jamaica Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston are on opposite sides of the waterway where Galveston Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n

2021 10\/4 – 5:<\/strong> They might be on different planets. The most developed beach on Bolivar is Crystal Beach and it is quiet. I have never camped at Crystal Beach and decided to see what it was like on this trip. Boyt Road was the recommended road to the beach from the main highway. The beach entrance was hard packed sand and is wide enough for two trailers to pass.<\/p>\n

The featured image above shows the crowd. The other person I shared the beach with walked about a mile to be in my sunrise picture. I was up at sunrise because it was so absolutely silent, the morning birds awakened me.<\/p>\n

Crystal Beach requires a parking permit, issued for a year, for $10. I think that works out to be about 3 cents per day if you live on the beach full time.\u00a0The rules require you move every two weeks but . . . no one is around to care.<\/p>\n