BENCOB Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Left home way before dawn and headed down to Galveston, then south at the sea wall and continued till I got to Dow at Freeport. Fueled up at Niko's Exxon (put a tiger in your tank) at Oyster Creek and turned back home. I have never gone further south than Galveston Island State Park, which is just past beach access point #26. As I drove through the rain, which got heavy at times, I kept thinking about what it must have been like during Ike in 2008 and more so about the the great storm of 1900. I read the book "A weekend In September" by John Edward Weems and I recommend it to any of you that may read this post. I wonder what it was like at the toll bridge (San Luis Pass - Vacek Bridge) during the hurricanes? Along the way, I saw many a sign which read/said the road can/may be covered with water but I did not see it to be so; it was all passable. Not being a native of the area, I didn't know that South Padre Island is so much further south. I want to go all the way down the coast one day......Anyway, I'm attaching a few photos...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wera832 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Not a very freindly place huh ? What wiht the rattlesnakes and swim at your own risk signs - lol - Cool pics ! Thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandborn Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Nice job with the pics. Ive been down that road pretty far too. Funny, we had a retreat there in October - rented one of those monster houses - and that topic on "what this place looked like" came up often. Sorry but I would never live on the coast like that.... I respect momma nature to much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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