May 9, 2021
Woke up to winds, and somewhat cloudy skies. On my walk, I took three things I ended up NOT needing… an umbrella, a sun visor and sunglasses. Because of the cloud cover, it was comfortable to walk – not too hot or humid. Spouse started with me. A cacophony of cooing from a robust colony of doves serenaded us as we walked through the RV park. We walked up the street and past Sea World. When Spouse left me, I continued on and walked through a few of the neighborhoods. I wanted my weed whacker!
We readied Hannah for her next adventure. Following the freeways around San Antonio, we
got on I37 south. We prefer to navigate
off of interstates when possible, but there were not many options. We left the city behind onto the
flatlands. It is green, with trees,
ranches and farms. A cow here, goat
there. Instead of deer roadkill, we see
a few armadillos.
We are headed towards Corpus Christi. I checked availability at the state
campground at Mustang Island and it is totally booked, but we decided to try it
anyway. We followed the freeways across
the intracoastal waterway, onto Padre Island, then turn left for the 5 mile
drive to the state park. We asked the
guy not to laugh when we asked for 3 days… he tried not to but said it was
unlikely… then he smiled! He said there was a site! We snatched it up. We backed into our space with a field of
native grasses as our view. The grasses
cover the dunes, then the gulf just a heartbeat away. This truly was good fortune!
We normally do not prefer your larger private RV parks. They are more expensive for amenities we
normally do not use. We prefer smaller
RV parks, or state and national RV parks.
They have fewer people crammed in to larger spaces. This is no exception. We have electricity and water, but not sewer
hookups. There is a dump station for
when we leave where we can do the deed.
After we set Hannah up, we took a drive on the beach. It is mother’s day and quite a lot of
activity. But unlike California, you can
drive on the beach. I now know why Dr.
Nowzardan of my 600 pound life set up a practice in Houston... Plenty of
clientele… I feel sooo skinny and I
haven’t felt a hunger pang since we left!
We then headed to the national seashore on Padre Island.
These islands are quite long, but only a mile or two wide. There are water inlets here and there and it is all low ground. I am sure it is quite interesting when hurricanes hit! On Padre Island, homes are built on stilts for high water. Many have their own boat slips. As we continue south, we see fields of hummocks and native grasses.
At the visitor center, we found out the Ridley turtles are
nesting, so we are thinking of going back tomorrow, when it is less crowded to
see if we can catch any action. There is
70 miles of beach we can ride. We
thought about bringing Hannah, but… wind
and sand… Naw… not a good idea.
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