I am glad you are safe and sound. You are far enough inland to be safe from the surge, correct? I never trust the authorities as to when to leave. I watch the weather closely and leave before the crowds. That is the only way not to get trapped on the road. The Rita evacuation was a real nightmare. I can see why you questioned doing it again. I thought Wharton sounded familiar. I did some genealogy for my ex husband's family. They were all cowboys, bandits and Indians from LA, TX, NM, AZ and CA. Their story is the history of the old west. It was a great experience searching for their ancestors and learning all that history. In exchange, they shared copies of old photos, like of ex's grandmother, Frankie, in 1900 with her Indian great grandmother. One of my favorite photos is of Frankie's uncle's wedding photo. He is wearing a belt of bullets and gun. He died in a shoot out shortly after that. Anyway, one of the women who was my first contact in that family has had a rough couple of years, including the deaths of her daughter and father. She sent me so many nice old photos. So I decided to make her a photo album of her photos and those I got from other family members. I thought it would be a little project but it GREW. The final album had over 50 pages. Among the photos I wrote in the old family stories, area history and genealogy. I also got old and new photos of the areas off the internet. While searching for the Texas highlands I somehow ended up on the murals of Wharton and another town of fancy doors. Wharton appears to be a neat little town with lots of character. Dennie Nina Christmas wrote: > Will send this to the board - so that if others are interested, they can also know. > > I live in Wharton, which is about 60 miles SW of Houston, going down the coast towards Victoria and Corpus Christi. It is a small town - less than 8,000 - and we really enjoy it. We live about 10 miles out from town and it is really peaceful. Another member - Freda Kilgo (whom I've never met) lives in Bay City, which is about 25 miles from us going towards Matagorda Bay, which was where they had originally predicted that IKE would go. There was a point Friday afternoon, when I was beginning to think that we had made the wrong decision to stay here. (We spent 18 plus hours on the road trying to evacuate from Rita, and I had decided that if I was going to die, then I would rather die at home. - I know that is a crazy way to think, but you have to experience something like this first hand to really understand.). > > but it did work out ok - we are safe, and are extremely grateful for that. > > Take care, > > Nina > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >