Some more photos from our little jaunt into Seabrook and along the Galveston Bay waterfront there.

We were standing under the Kemah bridge watching the fishermen and then this trawler came around the corner. The trawler dock is just a few yards to the left. All the birds
were obviously waiting for the return of the fishing boats as they swarmed the boat the minute it turned into the docking area. These are brown pelicans and white herons, egrets and small black head gulls.

This was the scene before the fishing boat arrived:)

This restaurant, Pier 8, is where we went with our Broker Len Garofoli in March. We had the BEST fish and chips and fried shrimp there. We havn't been back yet, but will go there before heading out of the Houston area. There are any number of Crab, shrimp and Crawfish restaurants in the immediate vicinity, none of which we have been to. We dont fancy eating fried food...yet.

 

The photo below is of the Seabrook Sailing Club, founded in 1934. You know why it is up so high? Doesnt matter if the bar-b-q gets washed away!

 

 

If you look to the right of the Rt hand Pelican, you will see the end of the Barrier Island (just to the left of the Sailboat)

the separates Galveston Bay from the gulf of Mexico.

 

 

The house below looks rather incongruous, but is up on stilts for a very good reason. This is by no means the highest off the ground...some homes are two stories above ground level. When you see what is left over after Hurricane Ike, you can understand the need to build so high. Some homes along this road have built their own dykes and berms around their properties, but somehow, I dont think that will change the fact that the tidal surge will still inundate their properties.

 

 

 

This home is fairly typical of the coastal homes around here.