If you wanna see a "nice coast" your gonna have to drive more than a couple of hours! Galveston is pretty nasty. I have not been there in a while, but from what i remember its a lot of Tar, seaweed, and jellyfish. The Corpus/South Padre coast is the best! I can make it to Corpus in about 3 hours. (its a 4 hour drive) and Padre is another couple of hours....Looking forward to you Transplanted Texans getting here! Texass is MUSTANG HEAVEN!

TNT