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 questions about the Galveston area during late January.Typically what is the temperature/ weather like?Is the area typically full with Snow Birds?Is having reservations important or are the campgrounds empty?We would then head on over to San Antonio. I would guess that the climate would be the same there. Is this a busy season for San Antonio?Thanks for your input.

We made this same trip last year...New Orleans, Houston, Galveston and San Antonio. In our opinion, you should skip New Orleans and Galveston. There is nothing in N.O. for us. When we arrived in Galveston, we were never more disappointed in any place....ever. The city is dirty, dangerous looking and forget the beach.....a cesspool of garbage, garbage and more garbage. We absolutely fell in love with San Antonio. A wonderful place for a vacation. I'm sure there are people who will disagree with us, this is just our feelings on these places.

We were in Galveston last January and the weather was cold and rainy but we did NOT find garbage. A nice RV campground is Dellanera RV Park. We then went to San Antonio and enjoyed our stay there at the very end of January and found it a very nice area as well. We enjoyed Travelers World Rv Resort as a good spot for sight seeing in the city. We would like to go back to Galveston when it is a little warmer next time.

We were in Galveston in July and stayed at the beach and never saw any garbage and never saw any in town goingto several cafes there. I would say Galveston was average for a tourist town, sure not any worst than others.Furthermore we have been to Alabama and some of their cities were way below average.

AlabamaTraveler wrote:When we arrived in Galveston, we were never more disappointed in any place....ever. The city is dirty, dangerous looking and forget the beach.....a cesspool of garbage, garbage and more garbage.Wow. I have been going to Galveston for over 20 years and I don't think I would have ever described it this way except after a hurricane possibly. Sorry you were so disappointed. Is it the nicest city around? No, but is it as you describe? Never.

Bob & Ann wrote: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 questions about the Galveston area during late January.Typically what is the temperature/ weather like?Is the area typically full with Snow Birds?Is having reservations important or are the campgrounds empty?We would then head on over to San Antonio. I would guess that the climate would be the same there. Is this a busy season for San Antonio?Thanks for your input.I guess that I really cannot understand why we are getting the responses that we are. We asked about the weather and the crowds during that time of the year. I would appreciate it if we could focus on the questions. Thanks

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rr2254545
Explorer
Aug 26, 2013
Bob & Ann wrote:
Bob & Ann wrote:
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 questions about the Galveston area during late January.
Typically what is the temperature/ weather like?
Is the area typically full with Snow Birds?
Is having reservations important or are the campgrounds empty?
We would then head on over to San Antonio. I would guess that the climate would be the same there. Is this a busy season for San Antonio?
Thanks for your input.

I guess that I really cannot understand why we are getting the responses that we are. We asked about the weather and the crowds during that time of the year. I would appreciate it if we could focus on the questions.
Thanks

Try the attached it is a good source for weather info on a city. We use it to plan as you are trying to do now. In Galveston we stayed at the state park but they do not have sewer

http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/state.php3?c=US&s=&refer=
Bob___Ann
Explorer
Aug 26, 2013
Bob & Ann wrote:
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 questions about the Galveston area during late January.
Typically what is the temperature/ weather like?
Is the area typically full with Snow Birds?
Is having reservations important or are the campgrounds empty?
We would then head on over to San Antonio. I would guess that the climate would be the same there. Is this a busy season for San Antonio?
Thanks for your input.

I guess that I really cannot understand why we are getting the responses that we are. We asked about the weather and the crowds during that time of the year. I would appreciate it if we could focus on the questions.
Thanks
wbrown62
Explorer
Aug 26, 2013
AlabamaTraveler wrote:
When we arrived in Galveston, we were never more disappointed in any place....ever. The city is dirty, dangerous looking and forget the beach.....a cesspool of garbage, garbage and more garbage.

Wow. I have been going to Galveston for over 20 years and I don't think I would have ever described it this way except after a hurricane possibly. Sorry you were so disappointed. Is it the nicest city around? No, but is it as you describe? Never.
jf44
Explorer
Aug 26, 2013
We were in Galveston in July and stayed at the beach and
never saw any garbage and never saw any in town going
to several cafes there. I would say Galveston was average
for a tourist town, sure not any worst than others.
Furthermore we have been to Alabama and some of their cities
were way below average.
conmoto
Explorer
Aug 25, 2013
We were in Galveston last January and the weather was cold and rainy but we did NOT find garbage. A nice RV campground is Dellanera RV Park. We then went to San Antonio and enjoyed our stay there at the very end of January and found it a very nice area as well. We enjoyed Travelers World Rv Resort as a good spot for sight seeing in the city. We would like to go back to Galveston when it is a little warmer next time.
AlabamaTraveler
Explorer
Aug 25, 2013
We made this same trip last year...New Orleans, Houston, Galveston and San Antonio. In our opinion, you should skip New Orleans and Galveston. There is nothing in N.O. for us. When we arrived in Galveston, we were never more disappointed in any place....ever. The city is dirty, dangerous looking and forget the beach.....a cesspool of garbage, garbage and more garbage. We absolutely fell in love with San Antonio. A wonderful place for a vacation. I'm sure there are people who will disagree with us, this is just our feelings on these places.

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