Why I Keep Seeing European Union License Plates on Galveston Beaches
A Galveston-based writer on why European camper vans keep showing up on Texas beaches, with a route from the Gulf Coast through the Hill Country to Big Bend.
Marcus Bellamy left Michigan in 2024 with his wife Jesi, drove south, and kept driving until the air smelled like the Gulf. They landed in Galveston and decided that was that. He writes about Texas history, culture, and the communities that make this state unlike anywhere else — a perspective sharpened by being someone who chose Texas deliberately, not by accident of birth. His interests run from Gulf Coast fishing and boating to technology, science fiction, and the kind of deep-cut local history most people scroll past. Every Bit Texas is his attempt to make sure those stories don't disappear.
A Galveston-based writer on why European camper vans keep showing up on Texas beaches, with a route from the Gulf Coast through the Hill Country to Big Bend.
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