We drove down to Galveston with our dogs today.  Galveston was hit hard by Hurricane Ike last year.  We saw a lot of the devastation that is still there, but we also saw some of the rebuilding that has already taken place.  Kyle drove down to one end of the beach to show me some restaurants that he had eaten at when he went there for a conference.  After looking around and thinking that they were "around here somewhere," he realized that that little row of restaurants was now leveled.  It was a little sad.

After our little scenic tour of Galveston, we took the dogs out for a short walk on the beach.  They didn’t quite know what to do with the water, but pretty soon they were having a good time jumping around in the waves and "boxing" at the waves.