A current aerial view shows Tiki Tom’s RV sites, internal drives, shoreline, and surrounding water on Tiki Island.

The Story of Tiki Tom’s

Built through storms. Built through service. Built to last.

More than two decades of family, perseverance, and coastal living on Tiki Island.

Tiki Island · 1970s–2002

It Started With Tiki Island

Tom Fisher had been coming to Tiki Island since the 1970s, when it was still a small fishing village. He watched the island grow over the years and eventually made it his home in 2001.

In 2002, Tom began developing property at the entrance to Tiki Island. What followed wasn’t one grand development plan completed overnight. It was more than two decades of buying property, improving it, adding to it, and building something one piece at a time.

Tiki Plaza came first. Other properties followed, including a fishing lodge, commercial properties, and approximately five acres along Jones Lake Road. Over time, many of those individual pieces would come together to become Tiki Tom’s RV Village.

A historical photograph shows the blue Tiki Storage building along the road on Tiki Island. — **An early chapter on the property**Tiki Storage before the property became part of today’s RV community.

2008

Then Came Ike

2008 changed everything.

Hurricane Ike devastated Tiki Island and the surrounding Galveston coast. The property that would become much of today’s RV village was then being used as a storage facility with multiple buildings.

The storm brought roughly 10 feet of water onto the property. Tom described the aftermath simply:

“We lost almost everything.”

So they cleaned it up.
And rebuilt.

Out of that destruction came an opportunity to create something new. The former storage property became the foundation for the RV park, and Tom continued acquiring neighboring properties and expanding the community.

A historical photograph shows a boat, broken fencing, and storm debris around buildings after Hurricane Ike. — **After Hurricane Ike**Storm debris and a displaced boat on the property after Hurricane Ike.

Building the community

Growing One Property at a Time

The first RV park permit came in 2009. Another major addition followed in 2012, with more growth and improvements continuing in the years after.

The best way to tell this part of the story is visually.

A historical photograph shows RVs, boats, and trailers arranged across the early gravel storage yard. — **The storage yard**The property’s earlier use before RV sites were developed.

A historical photograph shows a small thatched-roof office building being moved by two tow trucks. — **Moving the office**The office was moved as the property continued to take shape.

What you see today wasn’t built overnight. It grew one property, one improvement, and one chapter at a time.

Life on the Texas coast

Weathering the Coast

Life on the Texas coast has always required resilience.

Over more than two decades, Tiki Tom’s has weathered major hurricanes, tropical storms, freezes, rare Gulf Coast snowfalls, and years of construction along I-45, the causeway, and surrounding infrastructure.

Some years were easier than others. But through every storm and every challenge, the work continued.

That perseverance became part of the character of Tiki Tom’s.

Tom and Kat Fisher sit together in a golf cart decorated with American and Texas flags at an outdoor gathering. — **Tom and Kat Fisher**Tom and Kat, whose family and work shaped Tiki Tom’s.

Home and service

More Than a Business

For Tom, Tiki Island was never simply a place to own property.

It was home.

He served the community as an elected Alderman and Mayor Pro Tem and participated in projects and organizations throughout the island. Whether the work involved land, waterways, local government, or simply helping a neighbor, Tom viewed it as service to the community he loved.

Tom and his late wife, Kat Fisher, along with their family, friends, employees, and neighbors, devoted more than two decades to this little corner of the Texas coast.

In his own words

A Letter From Tiki Tom

Welcome to Tiki Tom’s.

When I first came to Tiki Island in the 1970s, it was a small fishing village. Over the years I watched it grow, and in 2001 I decided to make it my home.

This place wasn’t built overnight. It was built through hurricanes, floods, tropical storms, freezes, road construction, and plenty of challenges along the way. More than once, we had to pick up the pieces and start again. Each time, we rebuilt and kept going.

Alongside my wife Kat, my family, our employees, friends, and neighbors, I’ve been blessed to spend more than 25 years living and working on the Texas coast.

Tiki Tom’s has never been just an RV park to me. It’s a place where people come to fish, relax, make friends, enjoy the water, and experience the coastal lifestyle that makes this place special.

As you look around, I hope you see more than RV sites, roads, piers, and buildings. I hope you see the years of hard work, perseverance, friendship, and love that went into creating this place.

Thank you for being part of the story.

May the fishing be good, the sunsets be beautiful, and the memories last a lifetime.

God Bless,Tom Fisher, “Tiki Tom”

The setting sun reflects across the bay between long wooden fishing piers.

Legacy and future

The Story Continues

Today, Tiki Tom’s RV Village carries that legacy forward as a monthly and extended-stay waterfront community.

The property will continue to change and improve, but the things that made this place special from the beginning remain at its heart: the water, the fishing, the sunsets, the friendships, and the unmistakable character of life on Tiki Island.

Clean, quiet, waterfront living.

Est. 2002