Galveston Historic Home Tour and NASA, Kemah, Houston

Here's a bunch of pictures from the Home Tour on Sunday, May 13th.  I'll put captions on the pictures I remember.

What's interesting about Galveston is that they rebuilt the island after the 1900 hurricane.  They raised the entire island by 14 feet!  In one of the homes, they had pictures during the raising.  The roads were raised first, then they raised all the buildings.  In some of the homes, you'll see l-o-n-g staircases to the porch.  And that's because everything was raised up.  On some of these steps, you'll also see plaques that show the water line from the 1908 (I think it was 1908) flood from the hurricane.  

Lots of homes also have several plaques by the front entrance, which shows that it has been deemed a historical landmark, or on a previous historical homes tour.  Enjoy the pictures.

I didn't go inside this home.  The line up to get in went around the block.

This is an interesting home.  The door is on the far left of the building.  It was an old warehouse at one time.  Inside the door there is a long staircase to the upper level, and the entire upper level is their living space.

This is the back of the house shown above.

This is one of the tree sculptures.  They call the mermaid Tina, because she was battered by Ike!  

This is an interesting tree sculpture because half of it died, and there's still a tree growing .

This is a house being renovated by the Galveston Historical Society.  They fix the exterior, then  someone buys it and finishes the interior.

This is the start of the boardwalk at Kemah, TX.

Me on the boardwalk at Kemah.

A quick stop at NASA

This is the structure heading into Houston IAH Airport.  At night, it's all lit up.

My room at the OMNI Houston.  It was really nice.  I'm not sure why some people refuse to stay here.