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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