Patti Castille shows the first sand dollar she has ever found as she searches for treasures washed up in the wake of high tides and churning Gulf waters on the Bolivar Peninsula Wednesday. 
Castille has been a resident of the peninsula for 10 years and says her family stayed put this week as Tropical Depressionn made its way up the coast. 
"The weather wasn't bad enough to leave," she says, nnoting that ultimately, "it wasn't as bad as expected. We never lost electricity at all." 
Texas 87 was closed, however, as crrews cleared washed away dunes and debris from the road, which was reopened by Wednesday morning.
Roadways on the bay side of the peninsula, however, remained flooded Wednesday. 
Photo taken Wednesday, September 23, 2020
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