Kevin and I came to Galveston for a couple of days to have some R&R. Its been a while since we had a vacation, the summer was spent selling the house and getting ready to move.
We are staying at the historic Tremont House on the Strand, a great location since we can leave the car parked and walk around the Strand. We walked in and out of most of the stores yesterday, and enjoyed a wine bar - called "Bacchus". Many of the stores have signs saying how high the water got during Hurricane Ike - way over my head in all the buildings I've seen! - and we've been sad to see how many shops and businesses didn't reopen after Ike. Several stores have posters showing the damage they had, they've come a long way and knowing how far they've come (and how far the city has to go) makes me very happy we decided to come here to give them our business and spend our money.
Today we went to the Lone Star Flight museum, and toured the Moody Mansion - what a gorgeous house! and the furnishings are all from the Moody family. There is so much history in that house, amazing to know it withstood the 1900 hurricane. Each of these places also had a lot of damage from Ike and another place we tried to see (railroad museum) is being rebuilt in 2010. It will take quite a while for Galveston to be back to where they were pre-Ike.
Today was rainy and cold, great weather to go get hot chocolate at the Nestle cafe *yum*
We are staying at the historic Tremont House on the Strand, a great location since we can leave the car parked and walk around the Strand. We walked in and out of most of the stores yesterday, and enjoyed a wine bar - called "Bacchus". Many of the stores have signs saying how high the water got during Hurricane Ike - way over my head in all the buildings I've seen! - and we've been sad to see how many shops and businesses didn't reopen after Ike. Several stores have posters showing the damage they had, they've come a long way and knowing how far they've come (and how far the city has to go) makes me very happy we decided to come here to give them our business and spend our money.
Today we went to the Lone Star Flight museum, and toured the Moody Mansion - what a gorgeous house! and the furnishings are all from the Moody family. There is so much history in that house, amazing to know it withstood the 1900 hurricane. Each of these places also had a lot of damage from Ike and another place we tried to see (railroad museum) is being rebuilt in 2010. It will take quite a while for Galveston to be back to where they were pre-Ike.
Today was rainy and cold, great weather to go get hot chocolate at the Nestle cafe *yum*
Sounds like you guys had a fun getaway.
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