...Goose Island State Park....

 

...this year after we left Lagoons RV Resort, we decided to spend a few days at Goose Island...we parked right on the bay...we could walk out the door and throw a line in the water...how cool was that...we had wonderful weather...riding bikes and walking along the shore line...one day we saw them unload a huge truck load of oyster shells...we found out they were going to bag them this Saturday and place them in the water to reseed the oyster beds in the park area...we wished we were going to be there to help the volunteers but we are headed to Goliad...maybe next year....

...a walk in the park...

...just outside our RV park are two wonderful hike and bike areas...just perfect for us since Bill likes to bike and I like to hike...the city of Rockport just finished the Tule Trail which is a wonderful paved 2 mile route AND it ends up at Walmart...Bill was in heaven...the last morning I was hiking the trail a deer greeted me...

...the second is to the right of our RV park...Memorial Park...they host many soccer, softball and tennis matches...this year they hosted the Whooping Crane 5K strut...it was the same Saturday as the oysterfest parade and well, we couldn't miss that....a new addition to the park this year was a dog park...great area to walk dogs and let them run free in a fenced area...one morning I crossed paths with a coral snake...I let him have the right of way...he he....

...yummy in the tummy...

...so many new places to eat, so little time...this year we found a few new eating establishments...JD's will be on Diner's Drivins and Dives in June...they have a colossal hamburger served with two onion rings on top...the Beach Cafe, in Port A was very good...their bread pudding was to die for...the Butter Churn in Aramsas Pass was an all you could eat buffet...I think you'd have to have a week to try everything...at La Luna's I'd have to recommend the Portebella mushroom sandwich...yum...our favorite is still Moondogs...sweet potato fries, shrimp nachos and Blue Moon beer ...for fish, we both would recommend Shempy's...soft shell crab and their fried catfish can't be beat....and I can't leave out the American Legion on Sundays $5 oysters ...best deal in town!!!!

...in the skies over Rockport....

 

 

...Mike Carpentiero owns a vintage biplane and travels around the US bringing people the sights, sounds, and feelings of the Golden Days of Aviation...he was in the Rockport area and we saw him fly over and went to the airport just to see the plane and before we knew it he was handing us the leather flight caps (boy did we look like Snoopy...he he) and we were off...what an experience...the skies over Rockport were beautiful...spotted our RV park, Copano Bay, Little Bay, Fulton and Rockport Harbors...a wonderful memory we won't forget....

Only in Texas

...last year we had missed the Belt Sander Races at the Pickled Pelican...this year they were on our priority list....

 

...Saturday, we were there...

 

 

 

...the crowd was ready and waiting for the race to begin....

 

 

...I had the best seat in the place...with beer in hand and winning tickets, I was ready....

 

...Mean Green was the winner for the day....

a fun, fun, event....only in Texas...

 



Rockport Bound

...our first trip of the new year is again, Rockport, Texas...last year was so fun with all the Winter Texans...they were from as far away as New Hampshire, California, Kansas, Missouri and Indiana...we were hoping they would remember us when we arrived....

...got the RV all loaded and left March 1

...arrived at Lagoons RV Resort around 4 pm...by 5:30 we already had a dinner invitation to a wonderful fish restaurant with our Missouri friends...

 

 



 

...all settled in for the month of March...beautiful weather....

Hello, 2013!!!! Good-bye, 2012!!!!

Oh my...as I look at my blog, I see I haven't posted since our last trip in January to Arizona...the year has flown by and I realized I've been lazy and a little sad....we lost a couple of very dear friends and travel partners this past year and looking over this blog brings back so many wonderful memories of those two big trips, one to the east coast and the other to the west coast...I'm back on track and looking forward to making many more trips and memories and making new friends along the way...we were by no means homebodies this past year...I thought about trying to go back and post all the trips with pics but quickly got overwhelmed, so here it is in a nutshell....
Janurary....we traveled by car to Arizona to visit our very ill friend and spent the month with her nursing her through some very tough times...drove out to Quartzite just because we were curious...
February/March....the end of the month we took off to Rockport for the annual Oysterfest...we fell into a group of Winter Texans and ended up staying the entire month of March...had a ball...made some wonderful friends and even made reservations for this March
May...back to Arizona for our friend's memorial...very sad trip
June....took off in the RV for Huntsville State Park in Huntsville, Tx...never again camping in Texas in the summer...the park was beautiful and would have loved it had it not been so hot and muggy...we did get to tour the George Bush (41) Presidental Library on the Texas A&M Campus...OMG...wonderful site...a definite destination if you have never been
July...I took a girls' trip to NYC...best trip ever...11 girls all related met in NY....had so much fun going to Broadway show, sightseeing, shopping and laughing .....a great time was had by all...
August...felt like we had to get out of the Texas heat, so we took off to Ruidoso, NM....started out for 10 days...again, we met a group of Texans and 1 lone Oklahomian and ended up staying for the month of August...made some very dear friends...meeting them in April of this year at Canyon Lake and again in Ruidoso in August...the weather can't be beat...dry and cool....
September...we again took off to Rockport for the Hummingbirdfest...hot and muggy and rained on us a couple of days...very few hummers this year
December...we spent a week in the Hill Country...Dripping Springs to be exact...traveled to visit friends in Marble Falls, saw the huge German Pyramid in Fredericksburg, visited old stomping grounds on the UT campus, attended the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, had the best BBQ ever at the Salt Lick, shopped in Wimberly and drove out to my old school where I taught 2nd grade...still miss that place...
  and that brings us back to 2013....I will keep up this year...looking forward to all the travels....Happy Trails...