Port Aransas II

1-21-16:  We’ve been here in Port Aransas, TX. on the Gulf Coast for two weeks now and it’s been a very nice.  We’ve had sunny skies, foggy days, and over cast skies.  Temps have been in the 40s-50s at night and 60s during the day.  When the sun shines it’s very nice.  When the fog hangs around all day it’s the pits.  We had a great day of kayaking this week.  We did see dolphin but not up close and personal like last year.  The tides were high and we had very calm waters.  Perfect for kayaking.  Fishing has  been pretty good most days.  Even when I don’t catch fish, sitting on a beautiful beach reading a good book, watching the waves crash on shore, people watching, and watching my pole for fish on, that’s life.  We are leaving Port Aransas tomorrow and heading 4.5 hours up the coast to Galveston Island.  There we will meet up with a couple we met last year in Galveston.  Brad and Janine Bachelor are from Michigan and since meeting them last year they have sold their farm and bought a 5^th wheel and have gone full time RVing as well.  They are a cool couple.  We’ll be in Galveston for a week before heading off to Orange Beach, AL (February) and then Cedar Key, FL. (March).  Below are pictures from our stay in Port Aransas.  Enjoy.  We hope you are enjoying traveling with us.  

Do not feed the alligators.  No pets allowed.

Mr. Gator looking for a lost pet.

Beautiful sunset in Port Aransas

A beautiful day for fishing.  Duck weather.

Another beautiful day for fishing.  Getting a little sun at the same time.

Catching the ferry in Port Aranasa to do some kayaking.

Kayaking the back channels of Port Aransas.

Great day.

Water in the gulf channel was like ice.

Roberta caught up in the weeds.

Heading across the ship channel.  One eye always looking
out for the big tankers going out to sea.

Roberta looking for dolphin.  We did see several.

One of the dead end canals we went up.

Had lunch when we came to this dead end.

We made it to the lighthouse.

Great day on the water.

Port Aransas, TX

12/29/15 - We have made it through another holiday winter in Colorado  Springs and Salt Lake City.  Weathered a few snow storms while there.  But now we are in sunny Mesa, AZ. visiting some dear friends of ours who are snowbirding in Mesa for the winter.  We also met up with friends from Colorado Springs who moved to Mesa and are general managers of an RV resort here.  Our sons were best friends in high school and we knew them well.  We have taken advantage of the warmer weather to hit the pool and hot tubs, taken some nice walks, and road bike around the park.  If you ride your bike or walk up and down each row of streets in this resort, you will have traveled over 11 miles.  We haven’t quite talked that trip yet.  Mesa is a nice place to visit, but the RV resorts are just too crowded for our liking.

Friends Robert and Esther Mabry from Colorado Springs.
Our sons were very good friends.

Friends Steve and Diane Boggs.  Camping buddies from Colorado Springs.

Long time friends, Ron and Alana Carnes from Colorado Springs.

1/7/16 – We have arrived in Port Aransas, TX. about 15 miles from Corpus Christi.  We are staying at Pioneer RV Resort and can hear the pounding surf of the gulf just a few hundred yards away.  The weather has been sunny and fairly nice, but temps are in the 50s and 60s, a bit cool for here.  We’ve had a number of nice walks along the beach.  Bruce caught 9 fish on his first time out.  We walked the jetty in Port Aransas and a fisherman gave us a 5 lb. spotted sea trout.  All Bruce had to do was clean it and a future fish fry is in order.  We are taking advantage of a rainy day tomorrow to go see Star Wars.  More beach walking, kayaking, and fishing are planned over the next 12 days.  Enjoy the pictures.

Almost to Port Aransas, TX.

Got the motorhome all set up and headed for the beach.

Trent loves running the beach.  Where's the stick.

Bruce enjoying breakfast in the sun.

Looking back towards the park from the boardwalk leading to the beach.

Beautiful day on the gulf.

Miles of beach each both directions.

Bruce's first catch of the day.  Two in one cast.
Whiting are pretty good eats when you catch enough of them.

This heron became good friends with Bruce.
Especially when a fish was brought in.

Heron ready to take the fish off the hook for Bruce.

Hiking out on the jetty.  Bruce forgot to smile.  He is having fun.

The jetty is nearly a mile long.

At the very end of the jetty a fisherman game Bruce a spotted sea trout.
Dinner tomorrow night.