Woke up around 7am and slowly got moving. We walked about a mile down to Sunflower Cafe. It wasn’t too hot outside so we decided to sit outside which turned out the be a good thing. After we put in our order the power went out! Luckily they had made my coffee and had gas stoves in the back. We got our food it just took a while as they were cooking in the dark.

After breakfast we walked around and checked out some buildings. Then back to the hotel to relax it for a little warm and humid outside.

We decided to catch the old trolley and ride out to the sea wall. The beach had a red flag warning and looked pretty rough out there. There were lots of pretty old houses around town.

After the trolley tour we went upstairs the rooftop bar. It was raining off and on today so you could see outside but couldn’t sit outside at the bar.

After a drunk it was time to head off for our ghost tour. It was about a 10 min walk to the met up location.

This house survived the storm of 1900. It is referred to as a storm but was really a Cat 4 hurricane by current standards. Prior to the storm this door would have been on the 2nd story. The island was raised 15 feet after the storm. If house could not be raised the 1 foot was closed off with concrete and made into a basement.

It was on June 19, 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced General Order No. 3, which ordered that all remaining U.S. slaves be freed. The 250,000 slaves were among the last in the United States, residing in states that were not part of the Confederacy.

Supposedly the wife and child were home during the storm of 1900 and left the house to safety. Only to drown when the water levels got high. The Husband was out of town on business and when he came back and had to help with clean up of all the dead bodies found his wife and child. He then slow had the house turned to face the opposite direction.

After the ghost tour we walked back to the Strand area for dinner. We went to the Shark Shack.