Friday dawned warm, but damp; a showery day. We drove to Lockhart, designated as the "Barbecue Capital of Texas". We walked around the historic downtown district, and went through the Dr. Eugene Clark Library which is the oldest library in Texas which has been continually in use.
The courthouse building is quite a sight. Some people feel it is beautiful, others that it is too flamboyant. You can decide for yourself.
We are fast learners, so we bought ribs to take home for dinner. That way we can have a salad with it. We purchased what we thought was enough for 2 nights, but it ended up being enough for 3 meals. Really a tasty treat.
Saturday was a sunny and warm, in the low 20's, the kind of day we hope to see more often. We did a short walk in the morning, around Oxbow Lake in the park. On our way back to the trailer we had a visit with one of the campground hosts whose job that day was to rent the canoes at the lake. After an early lunch we drove into Gonzales to McDonald's, so that we could have an email conversation with Dominique. Finding wi-fi in this area is not easy, but we knew it was available there, and the library closes at noon on Saturday. We got back to the trailer in time for John to watch football.
Sunday after doing pilates we walked the trails we had not yet done in this park. We again saw many deer and lots of birds. We chatted to a fellow camper who was a weekend camper from San Antonio. He enjoys this park and comes here often. After lunch John watched football and Joan did housework. We then both watched some of the Alberta and Manitoba women's curling championships.
Monday was moving day. It seemed like a shame to waste such a sunny hot day driving, but moving day is moving day. We relocated to Lake Corpus Christi State Park where we got a decent full service site with a view of the lake. This state park does have wi-fi, but not very good. When we were picking out a site, we checked the wi-fi signal from the truck as we drove through the park. We picked one of the sites closest to the bathroom buiding where the signal comes from. It turned out that we still couldn't get the signal in the trailer, so we have to walk over to some picnic tables between the trailer and the building.
Tuesday was a fantastic day weather wise. We did a walk in the park, visited the old pavilion, a beautiful old building which was built the Civilian Conservation Corps created by Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression.
We saw some deer, but so far none of the javelina or bobcats they promised were prolific in the park. The afternoon was spent sitting out enjoying the sun. How nice to be more than comfortable wearing summer clothes. We refuse to turn on our air conditioner on principle, but other people had theirs running.
Wednesday we drove into Corpus Christi. We stopped at a Bank of America, which also had one of their signs saying the ATM's were for their account holders only. Since this wasn't Sunday, we were able to get clarification from an employee who explained that we could use the drive-ups. The signs were only to keep customers from other banks from complaining that they were charged a service charge for using the ATM's. We didn't think that should be necessary in this day and age, but we figure some people need everything spelled out for them.
Our next stop was the visitor information to pick up maps of the area, as well as some suggestions as to what we should see and do in the area. Then we went to the USS Lexington Museum, which is one of the aircraft carriers from World War II. We completed 5 self-guided tours one on each deck of the ship, taking 2 1/2 hours, and found it very interesting. We had done a guided tour of the USS Constitution in Boston about 18 years ago, but found the self-guided tour much more to our liking, as we could set our own pace. We spoke to a volunteer on the flight deck who confirmed that the Blue Angels where the US Navy's answer to Canada's Snowbirds. It is quite the ship, with a power-plant large enough to power a city of 150,000 people, and enough sleeping space for 3500. By the time we had done the tour, we figured that was enough for one day, so will have to return to Corpus another day to do more sight-seeing.
Thursday is another warm sunny day, so we will spend it exploring other areas of the park while enjoying the sunshine.
A tip to full timers told us by a fellow full timer is 6-4-2 rule. Six people for cocktails, four for dinner and 2 for sleeping.
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