(ABOVE: From 1962 the Flickinger Family beach cabin in Gilchrist, TX)
My father helped build the the beach cabin as shown in the old photo above. The cabin was a Summer getaway, and provided memories for my family from the 1960s until about 1990.
Hurricane Ike washed away the beach cabin along with thousands of other properties. My sister, my wife and me recently visited the area one year later. There were almost no indications that the family cabin ever existed. After much searching to even find the property amid the vacant, washed out land plots, we found a few tiny remains: a small section of concrete slab, rusted pipes and one of the anchor poles. Everything else washed into Galveston Bay.
Join us from 8-10am on Saturday, August 22 2009, as I'll show a short home video of our search to locate the old cabin. I'll also post a longer write up and more video at www.flickingerweather.com when I'm done! George Flickinger
(BELOW: From 2009, my sister Vivien standing in the same location as the top photo.)
(BELOW: This small chunk of telephone pole used to anchor the cabin.)
