The turning point in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike came today, when George Bush arrived in Houston. Surely all will return to normal now that the ex Texas Governor (1995-2000) raised in Houston is back?

Well maybe not, but things are still slowly returning to normal. The airports (Bush International and Hobby) both have power and are open again which means a lot of stuff around them has power again.

Some nice men turned up today to cut up our fallen tree. As you can see above they had to engage the power of their truck to remove the last stubborn bit, so there’s room now to plant another tree just in time for the next storm).

So as there’s power (and therefore life) near the airport it means we can have our first proper meal since Friday in Humble.

Humble (pronounced “umble”) was founded in 1828 and is named after an Englishman named Pleasant Smith Humble who opened the first post office there.

Anyhow, we had a mighty fine chicken fried steak (more on this fine Texas speciality later) at the Humble City Cafe (www.humblecitycafe.com), which included a free rendition  (by Tom Ott, the owner) of those kind of rousing patriotic songs that only Americans can get away with performing in public.

Things are definitely returning to normal...