Galveston trip....

We enjoyed Galveston, only we did not have enough time to see everything.  I would like to have stayed one more day.  I don't know what is going on with this Blog, but some of the photos turned out very large in one of the earlier Blogs.  I don't know how that happened.  Anyway, be on the look out for two Galveston video's on youtube.  One is a slideshow and the other is video footage for the camera....Today is Sat. I am in the Library using the WIFI and Dad is fishing.  We move to a new Park on Tues.   love, Mom

Happy Birthday Deidra

Happy Birthday, Deidra......Dad caught this Sheepshead fish Sat. and was very happy with himself.  We drove around Corpus Christi today and saw all the Pelicans with the fishermen.  The Pelicans like to hang out where the fishermen are.  They are very funny to watch.  Dad and I hope you have a very nice celebration on your special day.  We are heading out to Galveston tomorrow and I will blog again when we have news.....love, Mom

Art day on the Rockport docks

Well, Rockport was all a buzz with the Artist's on the dock.  Everyone had a painting project they were working on and they were all very friendly.  They told me that you can take art lessons in the building directly across from the docks.  I would love to do that but I don't think your Dad was crazy for it.  It was fun seeing what everyone was doing, anyway.  They said they meet once a week and paint, so maybe we will see them again.  On our way to Rockport we saw this man walking on the water.  Then we came across the sign about the Alligators.  Very cool...  On the way home we ran into the "Bird Convention."  They all seemed to enjoy one another's company and were not afraid to get their photo taken.  I am creating a movie about Port Aransas that will be on Youtube, soon.  Be on the lookout for it....love, Mom

Mom has fun in the Sun...

My friend the Pelican, sits on the edge of the pier and surveys all that goes on.  We watched the big ships going out to sea through the channel.  This one was very pretty because of its red color in the fog.  We watched a guy catch a Sea Turtle on the beach and another guy preformed surgery on it and they threw the Turtle back in the Sea.  The photo is of the "hero" that saved the Turtle taken just before they threw him back in.  As you can see I am having fun in front of the sandcastle by the Sea.  It was the second day that it was there and I was glad to see that it had survived.  As you can probably see the weather is beautiful and we are enjoying the warm days.  More tomorrow about Rockport....We will go out to dinner tonight and maybe Dad will start to fish, tomorrow.  He has been talking to lots of fishermen and getting pointers.  I think he will be ready to fish himself , soon.  He met fishermen from Big Fork on the dock, yesterday...More adventures to come...love, Mom

First Day in Port Aransas....Sandcastles by the Sea

Very cool stuff here in Port Aransas.  We drove along the beach and found a cool sandcastle by the Sea.  The front of the sandcastle talks about winter in Texas and the back said "Porta" and had a very cool lizard on that side.  We watched from the beach and saw the huge ship sail by.  Farther down the beach everyone was parked watching the ship come into Port.  Steve thinks he will go fishing off this Pier tomorrow.  I liked the cool looking Seagull on the pole today.  He looks like he thins he owns the place around here.  Todd, Dad and I have noticed how many people are here from Iowa.  Dad told me I needed to tell you about it.  We also think the Iowa crowd drive really fast around here.  Very strange.  Well, we are glad to be settled here in Port Aransas.  I am hoping to get some really good photos of new birds.  They seem to like it around a lot.

Scoping out Port Aransas...

Thank the Lord, I decided that we should go to Port Aransas and scope out our RV site before heading over there tomorrow.  When we got there they did not have us scheduled until Feb. 7th.  So we looked around and decided to stay in there overflow parking lot for a week.  Having a home to go to tomorrow, we decided to go see Rockport across the Bay.  We took the tinest Ferry I have ever been on.  It must have held only about 10 cars and took about 5 minutes to cross the Bay.  When we were looking around Rockport we found" Mom's bait shop."  As we drove farther down the coast we came to the cool art work on the side of this building.  Then we pulled into this parking lot and found this cool bird just hanging out there.  We will go to Walmart and H.E.B for supplies tomorrow before we head out to Port Aransas.  We plan on eating out tonight for the first time since we have been here.  A little hole in the wall called "the Reef" or some thing like it.  I am really enjoying all the birds down here.  The Seagulls are even different around here.....More adventures tomorrow.....Mom

Seagulls hang out in the parking lot...

                            It was a funny Saturday.  I don't know if you can see it, but the Sailboat in the Bay is stuck out there.  The boat is leaning way over. We felt like this guy was NOT having a good day.  Then we drove on and saw this funny sight with all the Seagulls in this parking lot just hanging around on the pavement.  They didn't even seem to care if we drove past.  They did not fly around but just sat there in a group.  Very strange.  We drove to the Pier and looked out at the rough and windy, Saturday.  We drove around a bit more and looked at some neighborhoods.  We are not very impressed with this area.  We can't imagine what Gregg did here for 2 months. We are back home now and Dad is going to make Shrimp fettuccine.  I will make a salad and another day bites the dusty...