May 8, 2013 - Catfish and Carrier

We started our day with a tour of the USS Lexington. That's one big boat!!! It has one powerful story, but I always feel some sadness at the lengths man will go to to kill or harm his fellows. Understand that I am grateful for all the effort and sacrifices that have preserved our liberty. When we left Lexington, Linda shared some Trip Advisor info and we soon found ourselves at Catfish Charlies where you get all the hush puppies you want with your meal and my bride can eat some hush puppies. Add some catfish, shrimp, beans and slaw and you...

May 1, 2013 - May 1, 2013 – Corpus Christi, Texas

May 1, 2013 – Corpus Christi, Texas This morning I headed out to Corpus one more time. My 1st stop was the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center. This is a small botanical garden but worth the time to visit. They have a number of exotic birds like parrots and cockatoos in cages. One of the cockatoos could say a few words such as hello and goodbye, but the funniest was when I walked away. He said, “Come back”. They also have a butterfly house which had a nice selection. A lot of their orchids were in bloom and some were spectacular....

Apr 29, 2013 - April 29, 2013 – Fulton-Rockport, Aransas Pass, Port Aransas, and Corpus Christi, Texas

April 29, 2013 – Fulton-Rockport, Aransas Pass, Port Aransas, and Corpus Christi, Texas I got a fairly early start this morning about 8:30 a.m. Again there was a parade of RVs headed north. My 1st stop was at Goose Island State Park. They have some nice camp grounds. Some are right on the water and others are in the woods. I can tell you that I wouldn’t want to camp there because the minute I got out of the car to get my permit to enter the park, 3 or 4 mosquitoes flew into the car others landed on me. Fortunately, I had just a few steps to...

Apr 28, 2013 - April 28, 2013 – Refugio, Sinton and Corpus Christi, Texas

April 28, 2013 – Refugio, Sinton and Corpus Christi, Texas On the way to Corpus Christi this morning, I passed through Refugio. There was a big sign board which proclaimed it as the home of Nolan Ryan. There didn’t seem to be anything else to mark his childhood – no statue, home tour, etc. Also, there was a marvelous junk shop which proclaimed on its sign that it had “good junk”. I took quite a few pictures there. There were just so many fun pieces. As I headed toward Corpus, there was a steady stream of RV’s heading north. Most of them...

Apr 18, 2013 - Corpus Christi,TX

Been in Corpus Christi for 3 nights. Have been very busy, the first day we had an all day Bus tour. Seeing Padra Island, Historic district, then touring the King Ranch, and having a wonderful BBQ lunch there. I think the King Ranch owes half of Texas alot of land. Then Day 2 Tour the USS Lexington WWII Aircraft Carrier and then the Texas State Aquarium which we did a behind the scenes tour. Now off to San Antonio Tomorrow.

Feb 28, 2013 - U.S.S. Lexington

If you have ever wanted to visit an aircraft carrier, we can highly recommend the U.S.S. Lexington. This ship is in Corpus Christi harbor and has been turned into a floating museum. It is really neat to be able to go through all the different compartments and areas to see what it was like on this ship. This is a WWII era carrier and was built in Quincy, Massachusetts. Known as the "Lady Lex" it served in combat and, at the end of its commission, as a training vessel. There is so much history involved here that it would take a long time to...

Feb 16, 2013 - Uss Lexington & Columbus Ships

Today was an interesting and educational day. we first went to see the recreated ships of Christopher Columbus. First thing we noticed was how really small the ships were. about the size of todays tugboat. living conditions were terrible and fear of the unknown. some still thought the earth was flat and they would fall off the edge. we were allowed to board the Nina. The science museum that house the ships(out of the water) was also very interesting. More like a history museum , it had a lot of artifacts from the area of Corpus Christi and...

Jan 25, 2013 - Day 193 - Corpus Christi, Texas

We decided to stay another day to get house work done and explore some more of the beach as this will be our last beach until the west coast. I made bread and brownies, vacuumed and dusted. Ron, Rose and Lauren dropped over for a visit when on their way home from horse-back riding on the beach. We sat outside enjoying the sunshine for a couple of hours, then our guests headed for home. We made supper and then watched Twister movie on TV.

Jan 24, 2013 - Day 192 - Corpus Christi, Texas

Today we went back through the city to tour the USS Lexington, an aircraft carrier that was active in World War II to 1991. It is now a museum complete with aircraft used on the carrier through the years. It's size is awesome, a true floating city for the crew. Some facts about "The Blue Ghost", so nicknamed by Tokyo Rose in the war as it was erroreously reported sunk four times. It is as tall as a nineteen story building, as long a three New York City blocks. You could play 3 football games or 14 basketball games on it's flight deck at the...

Jan 23, 2013 - Day 191 - to Corpus Christi, Texas

We had only a short drive to Corpus Christi today made twice as long as necessary by not believing the GPS. We route we took went right through center of Corpus Christi on our way to Mustang Island State Park on the barrier island in the Gulf. The State Park was quite open sites against the sand dunes. Each site was quite large and had concrete shelters for the picnic table again. When we got out of the bus we could hear the ocean even though we could not see it. We finished setting up then went for a walk to find the water. The beach is...

Nov 6, 2012 - Day 63 Padre Ialand & Port Arabsas

today day 62 we did the islands around corpus christi, padre island, mustang island, port aransas, aransas pass and back to corpus christi camp... bought shrimp, crab cake and gumbo soup which we had the shrimp/crab cake for our dinner at aransas pass and old seafood shop we had known on other trips here...   todays photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/110975240111565319818/Day63PadreIslandSeafood02?authkey=Gv1sRgCNr6_5jm9_KKHA#   BBs...

Nov 5, 2012 - Day 62 to Corpus Christi TX

day 62 on the way to corpus christi, long drive but "flat"... photos not so hot, some fuzzy some not and some sun glared...   our photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/110975240111565319818/Day62CorpusChristiCamp?authkey=Gv1sRgCJWs9NrwiOSJ3AE#   today's spots: where we are now http://fms.ws/AIARU/27.65797N/97.28793W   http://fms.ws/AI1j6/28.76765N/96.97614W   http://fms.ws/AHwxk/29.54821N/95.74826W   sent from our ipad ron & bebe mcgehee who are living for "beyond" the moment