Texas Coast!

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On our way to west Texas we decided to take the southerly route. 😉 worked out great since neither of us had been to this part of Texas. The water is clearer than Galveston but still not as pretty as Alabama or Florida. 😊 we stopped briefly at mustang island state park near port Aransas then made the 1 hour trip to goose island state park which is on the east side of Corpus Christi.

We stayed a night at goose island, got to see a small flock of the endangered whooping cranes, some Sandhill cranes and a huge 1000yr old oak tree! The land near the gulf was covered in short oak trees! It was so unique! The houses were just nestled away in the groves of oak trees!

Corpus Christi was fun to see but not my favorite. As we headed toward Brownsville, we realized south padre was super close! We couldn't drive by without stopping so we stayed a night in south padre! It reminded me a lot of Key West, a fun, touristy, fishing town.

You may, or may not have, noticed we now have a black truck pulling our little home instead of the jeep. We are giving the jeep a much deserved retirement from pulling and now we are getting better mpg and can get around Texas a lot easier!

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Photos

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She lived digging and finding water!

Corpus Christi
The almost original whataburger! (2nd location) It's 2 stories with an elevator!

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We filled up a page of state park caches! Whoop! Well on our way to 80!

1000 yr old tree!
It was neat to see but the Mosquitos were monstrous and vicious!

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I love the look of this dock stretching out into the water.

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Sadie singing with the music

Comments

[Linda]

The sand castles permanent? Did you go inside the lighthouse? Did you buy a cinnamon roll to bring to me?

[Eamuller]

Haha. Yes the sand castles are permanent, when they get messed up the creator just redesigns them! I don't know if the lighthouse was open for visitors. No cinnamon roll to bring home! We ate the last one!

[Eliot]

That water is so still! Need to add some kayaks to your adventure fleet. ?