Thursday, February 7th, 2013--Goose Island State Park, Goose Island, TX It was overcast and 64 degrees when we left the park this morning at 9:00. Starting mileage was 37,028. Got gas on the corner of 35 and the park road for $3.09 per gal and filled the tank. We drove north on highway 35 following the TexasCoast and turned east onto 774 and then took 2040 into the 115,000 acre Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge is the main winter home of a 200 strong flock of Whooping Cranes as well as over 400 other bird species. It was along the edges/shores of this refuge that the cancelled boat tour would have traveled. In April and May of every year, the refuge hosts throngs of migratory birds journeying north from Central America. At this same time
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