A pre Ike Galveston trip!

Yes boys and girls I had my monthly trip down to Galveston Island cut short by Hurricane Ike. I was enjoying taking some sunrise pictures on the 11th of September around 7 am. When Mayor White gets on the radio and says "If you don't leave Galveston Island you WILL die!" Yea...right...now where are my keys? but I get ahead of myself.

Let me start at the beginning,,,


10th September

I agree to meet Johnny on the West side of Galveston Island other wise know as San Luis Pass Rd. Just past the town that used to be Jamaica Beach. That is where I fished from last time. Anyway I was going to let John borrow a yak and he was going to show me around Luis Pass which is mostly a flat area that Red fish like to congregate this time of year. You can walk out 300 yards from shore and water not get above your knees until it drops you into a 20 ft hole! (can you say life vests?) There is a lot of salt grass in the area that holds all kinds of wildlife (I was concerned about snakes until John told me that the poison snakes in this area of Texas don't like the salt, but "you do have to watch out for gators") This was half way through the day! lol

<== Johnny is a radio operator who likes to fly fish and has been fishing the areas for many years. Nice fishing with ya John!









<== My first red fish catch and release!



It is hard to believe that there is a cat 3 cain in the gulf less that 48 hours away!











A couple enjoying the sunset before the 'cain tandem yak. They said they where stay for the event! I hope they made it ok! They where on the sea wall so who knows.















This is where I was when the Mayor came on the radio and said that I was coming right for us! I could not believe it. That is when H called and asked me to come home. Which I did after snapping a few more shots. I missed a whole day but I have a homestead to defend from Ike!

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