Mustang Island, Texas

Thursday was our last full day in Lake Corpus Christi Srate Park. The deer came by for a visit.

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This little fellow was in a tree just outside of our window.

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The sunsets over the lake are pretty.

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The trip to Mustang Island was uneventful. When we arrived we discovered that they did have a space for us. We all walked to the beach. The wind is high. Guess that is part of being in South Texas.

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The town of Port Aransas is 13 miles from the campground. We drove there to locate the Post Office and just look around. We took the ferry to Aransas Pass.

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The ferry crosses the shipping channel. This ship is coming into Corpus Christi.

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The wind is still high, we took the dogs to the beach.

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Sylvia wanted the dogs to go wading with her but they had nothing to do with that water.

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We had to wade alone.

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A storm was coming and the sunset was great.

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Tuesday we drove to the USS Lexington CV 16. Built in Fore River Shipyard,Quincy Mass.

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The propeller is from a smaller ship, Still a big Prop.

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This is on the Elevator, where you enter the ship.

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The Lexington is setup as a war memorial.

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The living quaters are in Officer Country. The crew has much less space.

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This is the machine shop with lots of Lathes and milling machines.

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The pharmacy.

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The operating room.

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Damage control area.

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A Tomcat sitting on the Catapult

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The Bridge where the Captain could look over all operations.

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This is where the steering wheel and engine order telegraph are located.

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Just aft of the bridge is the Captain's sea Cabin.

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The escalator leads from the flight deck to the Hanger bay, bu twas not functional today.

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We were able to walk to the car and return home.
Till later. LIG RVLIB

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Mustang Island, Texas

Thursday was our last full day in Lake Corpus Christi State Park. The deer visited us

King Ranch, Texas

Thursday Sylvia and I toured the King Ranch. The ranch is located South of Alice, about 50 miles from Mathis, TX where we are camped. This was the name prior to 1890.

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The "running W" is the ranch brand.
A small band of cattle.

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The Peacock on the front steps is real.

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A Texas Armadillo.  One of about 20 seen on the wildlife tour.

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Come to my swimming hole!

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Lunch being served.

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Buck on the move.

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Willy coyote on the prowel.

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Take my picture.

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A bobcat.

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Javelin by the heard.

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Wild turkey.

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Snowflake had a tiring day at home.

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Thats all for today.  LIG RVLIB

Mathis, TX Tuesday 1/10/12

This evening we drove to the waters edge to take pictures after Supper. The roofed structures all have tables,  Some are for picnic and some are campsites,  All near the water.

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Drift wood on the beach looks like a Croc.

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Twisted trees on the shore.

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Lake Corpus Christi at sunset.

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This Blue Hearing gave us a show.

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The deer were in the road and we had to go slow.

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The Boar was in the picnic area.

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That's all for today.  LIG RVLIB

Lake Corpus Christi State Park

Each morning and evening, we have visitors at our campsite here. They usually show up about 8 am and 6 pm. That gives us lazy campers time to get up and have the camera ready.

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Friday, Sylvia and I drove to the City to look at Mustang Island and a possible campsite. The Veterans Memorial Highway .

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We looked at a possible campsite in Laguna Shore Resort, They are full now but that can change by the time we leave the State Park. This plane was in the beach area.

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This industrial area is on the way to "Mustang Island".

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The campsites here are water and Electric and they have a dump station. This could be good for a couple of nights. This is just off the beach.
This bird seened to have only one leg, as it hopped on one leg. After we had the pictures it lowered the other leg and ran along the surf.

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The beach looking back at the campground.

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The bridge to the Island.

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The land is flat for miles North of Corpus Christi.

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Saturday morning this "Road Runner" stopped by to amuse us. It put on a show.

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The real lack of water shows up here at the lake.

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Sylvia likes this twisted tree.

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While driving around the park, Glenn drove by this Doe standing just off the road. When he stopped the car, the Deer came out to watch us.

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This is the boat ramp. The water is about 6 inches deep. They sure could use rain.

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This is a fishing pier.

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This colorful bird stopped by. We really are not bird watchers, maybe we should.

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Sylvia and Bandit in our campsite.

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The sunset last night.

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This morning we have a woodpecker stop by.

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Think this will be it for today. LIG RVLIB