Galveston and Ike

For our vacation this year we were going to go to Galveston and visit Allen's mom, and her husband. We passed through Houston, in Sept. 06', and got to visit Galveston for a few days, and really wanted to go back for an extended visit sometime soon. We really enjoyed the island, and they way of life there, along with the time we spent visiting Rose & Ronnie - Allen's mom & her husband. Everything in Galveston was so beautiful. We had an absolute blast!We never did get to go back before Hurricane Ike hit. We were in fact planning on being in Galveston when Ike hit.

At my job, we select our vacations at the beginning of Janurary, so I had picked the week of the 15th of September. A few days before we were to leave, Ike was making its way toward Galveston, so we held off of going. We are glad we did not go now, we would have ended up evacuating 2 times that week.

Rose and Ronnie are just now able to be back in their home, which escaped the hurricane. They were lucky to live at the edge of the most elevated area of the island. They suffered some roof damage. A week ago, they had some power and water back on the island, but the aftermath still remains of Ike.

Here are some pictures of Galveston back in 06', and 2 of the remains of Ike from a week ago, of our favorite store, Murdoch's.