The popular tourist destinations were busy for a Wednesday afternoon, but the day had turned beautiful, so Clara and Donald were not surprised. Like dozens of other couples, they chose to walk along the seawall, where they could enjoy the beach view without getting sand in their shoes. “Electric Park was just over there,” Clara said, pointing as they walked. “I wish you could have seen it.” “I did,” Donald said. “Naomi and Clarence brought me to Galveston soon after they took me in. Cletus, too. He’s their son. That must have been about three years before the park closed.” “Then you saw it at its best. I’m afraid Electric Park fell on hard times. The last hurricane took all that was left.” “We came here on the Interurban, right up to this entrance,” Donald said. He and Clara stopped in front of two squat but massive pillars just across the street from the Crystal Palace.
