Galveston

We found a rent house in Katy that we really like so we put in an application and we are waiting to hear back. While waiting yesterday we decided to drive down to Galveston eat some seafood and see the ocean.

I LOVE the beach and when I was younger my Nonna would take us to Port Aransas every summer. The more we drove and the closer we got I became really excited, ask Jacob I was like a little kid.

It was interesting to see how they have bounced back since Ike, you can tell there are lots of new structures and remodeling. We saw lots of beach front property with brand new paint,and most of it seems to be reopened and ready for business but there was also a lot that is still in shambles.

 

We made it!

 

We ate lunch at Fish Tales this cute little boat was out front

I have never seen water that choppy, but it was beautiful!

Cold, windy, rainy.......

 

This was an awesome hotel on a pier out in the ocean, it took a huge beating from Ike

 

Can you see the hole in the top left of the hotel

 

notice the sign says no swimming. Well there were 2 geniuses with surf boards in the water underneath the hotel

 

  

All the debris on the ground is the driveway to the hotel, the only way to get to the hotel is a small walkway right behind the old entrance

 

This is a shopping center facing the beach, notice it has no roof

 

All of these places face the beach so they got the most of Ike

 

  

This must have cost some green to reopen this quickly

Like I said lots of fresh paint

 

This might be one of the more amazing things we saw,  this used to go 1/4 mile into the ocean and this is all that is left of it.

 

  

Jacob and I thought the pick up was kinda funny...why has no one moved it yet??

 

cold, windy and rainy......

 

  

This a motel that also went out into the ocean a little bit, it was practically gutted by Ike

When we got back to the hotel we went to Google earth and looked at Seawall Blvd (the main road along the beach) back before Ike and it looks like a totally different place. I am interested in seeing what Galveston will look like come spring and summer when tourist season hits.