Galveston / Surfside Texas January?
We are looking at heading from Alabama through New Orleans and Houston to visit friends during late January. We would then drop down to the Galveston / Surfside area for 5-7 days. I have several quest...
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As a senior member, I'm sure you know that these threads frequently go off-track on occasion.......especially when someone makes an outrageously negative comment.
However, to try and answer your questions, we traveled down Galveston Island to Surfside Beach every January for the last six years enroute to Corpus Christi. It was an absolute mess after the hurricane, but is coming along very nicely, and is pretty much rebuilt.
Regarding the weather, there is no "typical" weather. We've been through there when temps were in the 70's, and then again when they were in the 40's.......all at the same time of year. To be honest, it's a******shoot.
It is not FULL of Snowbirds (they're called Winter Texans down there) but there are some who winter on the Island. Most, however, seem to be enroute further south, and do a stop off on the Island for sightseeing purposes.
Although you probably won't have problems finding a site, I would make reservations for some of the more popular locations, such as Galveston Island State Park, Jamaica Beach RV Park, and those right in the town of Galveston. Even if you call just one or two days before, you should be able to find something to reserve, but they do tend to fill up later in the day as the travelers decide to stop for the night.
San Antonio will probably be a bit cooler since it doesn't get that warm Gulf breeze to moderate the temps. But again, it's not bad (we're talking light jacket weather here at worst). You'll probably run across crowds on the weekends, but if you do your sightseeing during the week, you shouldn't have any problem at all.
However, to try and answer your questions, we traveled down Galveston Island to Surfside Beach every January for the last six years enroute to Corpus Christi. It was an absolute mess after the hurricane, but is coming along very nicely, and is pretty much rebuilt.
Regarding the weather, there is no "typical" weather. We've been through there when temps were in the 70's, and then again when they were in the 40's.......all at the same time of year. To be honest, it's a******shoot.
It is not FULL of Snowbirds (they're called Winter Texans down there) but there are some who winter on the Island. Most, however, seem to be enroute further south, and do a stop off on the Island for sightseeing purposes.
Although you probably won't have problems finding a site, I would make reservations for some of the more popular locations, such as Galveston Island State Park, Jamaica Beach RV Park, and those right in the town of Galveston. Even if you call just one or two days before, you should be able to find something to reserve, but they do tend to fill up later in the day as the travelers decide to stop for the night.
San Antonio will probably be a bit cooler since it doesn't get that warm Gulf breeze to moderate the temps. But again, it's not bad (we're talking light jacket weather here at worst). You'll probably run across crowds on the weekends, but if you do your sightseeing during the week, you shouldn't have any problem at all.
