What is with Fridays? As last week, today is cool. It rained a bit
overnight and was very windy. The bridges over the bays out on to our island
were icy, causing them to be closed for a short period of time. Once the
city/county got them sanded and the accidents cleared up everything reopened.
The high for the day was only around 4 C, a good day to take care of
chores. We went in to Corpus Christi back to Fastenal to pick up the bolts we
needed, picked up some groceries and then went to Cotten's BBQ to pick up dinner.
It had been recommended to us by Texans who we met in Dawson Creek a couple of years ago. Cotten's BBQ had relocated from Robstown, after it burnt down a couple of years
ago. John got ribs, Joan got chicken. We have been to three different BBQ
places to date and they are all very different. We prefer Smitty's Market BBQ in
Lockhart. Once again we saw a large group of swans in the bay, but were unable
to stop and get pictures as the bridge is narrow, doesn't have shoulders, but
does have big no stopping signs.
Saturday dawned bright and sunny, but a bit cool. We went to Laguna Madre to
the intercoastal waters to see all the water birds.
We then went to a the county park along Packery Channel to watch the surfers in action. It
never occurred to us that the Gulf of Mexico would have surf big enough for
surfing. It isn't Hawaii, but the surfers seemed to be enjoying it. On our way
back to the truck we chatted with a couple from Iowa who spend their winters
here on Padre Island in a condo.
Our last day at Mustang Island State Park was a day perfect for walking on
the beach. We spent 2 hours walking along the beach enjoying the waves, the
birds and the warm sunny day.
We spoke with the travelers next to us from
Switzerland. They had shipped their camper over to Halifax, had been down the
East coast, down through South America and were now heading westward to Arizona.
They had an amazing truck-camper vehicle with a beautiful picture of the Matterhorn on its side,
that we enjoyed out of our kitchen window.
Monday was the one and only day at Mustang Island that it was foggy. We
woke up to find we couldn't even see the office building. We took our time getting ready to leave. Joan spoke to one of the park rangers who told her that the
fog was expected to lift about 10:30 A.M. While we were getting packed up, one
of the couples who we had visited with at Lake Coupes Christi came by for a short
chat. They had arrived the Sunday night and planned on staying for the week.
After our various visits we discovered the fog had lifted so we headed out. Our
target was Nature's Own RV Resort at Kingsville, just south of Corpus Christi, a
bit more than an hours drive. We avoided the freeways and enjoyed a fairly
leisurely drive to our new home.
Tuesday morning was windy and cold. We checked at the visitors info, stopped at H.E.B
for groceries and then headed back to the RV Park to spend the afternoon doing
laundry. A very good use of a cold, windy day. Not the kind of day we want to
go sightseeing.
Wednesday was a day for exploration. there were some RV parks that we
wanted to check out along Baffin Bay. As it turned out they did not appear to be suitable for us, as we couldn't find anywhere to do any decent walking in the area, so we will look for another place further south. We
know that closer to the Mexican border there is more history to check out and many
parks with lots of hiking trails.
Our really nice weather has finally returned. Thursday morning we went to
King Ranch Museum. King Ranch is the largest ranch in the US and has a division
in Florida where they grow citrus fruit. It was started before the Spanish
American revolution.
After our visit to the museum we stopped at Popeye's
Chicken for lunch. It was a stroll down memory lane. The last time we were at a
Popeye's was in New Orleans with the kids over Christmas in 1989.
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