Saturday March 12 – Today we headed with Angie and Rick for a cruise on the Houston Ship Channel. But we had to make a quick stop along the way at the “Stone Heads”, aka Presidents’ heads. We stumbled on these guys a couple years ago and have visited them several times since. We used to be able to wander around and among the heads, but vandalism forced the artist to move them to a fenced in area. They are actually made of fiberglass.
How this got in there we have no idea. But it is cute.
We arrived at the Ship Channel with time to spare before are 10 a.m. boarding. This is a free cruise. It is extremely popular. On-line reservations need to be made weeks in advance. There are three sailing times today (100 people per trip), and they are all booked solid. We did this trip a couple years ago with our daughter, Carrie, and enjoyed it so much we wanted to share it with Angie and Rick.
The Port of Houston is a 25-mile-long complex of 150-plus private and public industrial terminals along the 52-mile-long Houston Ship Channel. The Ship Channel is an amazing economic boom to the city of Houston.....read all about it here.
We boarded the Sam Houston.
A 2015 study by Martin Associates says ship channel-related businesses contribute 1,174,567 jobs throughout Texas, up from more than 1 million jobs cited in a 2012 study.
This activity helped generate more than $264.9 billion in statewide economic impact, up from nearly $182.6 billion. Additionally, more than $5 billion in state and local tax revenues are generated by business activities related to the port, up from $4.5 billion.
Houston to the west.
Paul, Marsha, Angie, Rick
What a great day so far. That was part of Marsha’s tour for Saturday. We will finish up the tour in the next post.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
Looks like a very fun day, the cruise is a good deal too.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a fun thing to do. How much longer are you going to in Houston? Hope we can get together before we all leave the area.
ReplyDeleteLooks like another fun day filled with memories.
ReplyDeleteBe Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
We saw the Stone Heads on one of the morning news shows. I'm glad the artist, David Adickes, decided to preserve them. I sure hope he come with an idea for them. Too bad the public just could enjoy them without touching...darn people!! Charlie is there just because he is one of his works, as well. I understand the Beatle statues are there now, too. I had to look the Heads up out of curiosity:)
ReplyDeleteThe boat tour in the shipping area looks like tons of fun and so informative. We did this type tour in Duluth...great day:)
The fun continues for the four of you:)
Would love to see the stone heads in person! The channel cruise sounds like one of the best bargains in Houston. The perspective from the water is always interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou are a fount of interesting places to check out in Houston, although we will skip the cruise idea since we've been out there before, I think we just might get out to see those heads.
ReplyDeleteSo nice of you to take Angie and Rick on an all expense paid cruise. LOL
ReplyDeleteWe've seen the Presidents busts as we zoomed through Houston. Often wondered who made them and of what material.
ReplyDeleteEnjoying your tour of Houston. Lots of neat things going on there.
In the early seventies, I worked along the ship channel-never thought about spending any extra time there:) The smell must have improved!
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