For this year's vacation, we decided to take the trailer, even though we were not going to cool Colorado. This year, we went to the BEACH! We thought about going to South Padre, but decided on going to Port Aransas near Corpus Christi because it was a little closer! And because long car rides and arthritis don't mix...
Our first stop was San Antonio! Dan had a football "meeting" there. He offered me the truck to drive while he was gone, but I wasn't interested in driving in San Antonio. However the city bus had a stop right in front of our RV park, so me and boys ventured out to the river walk via the city bus!
It was a short, uneventful ride to the river!
We've been several times, but this is the first Drew really remembers it!
Drew always wants to eat at the Rain Forest Cafe and today was the perfect day to do that!
Our next stop was the beach! We had to ride a ferry to get onto the island! It was a short and sweet ride! We laughed at our long load (truck and trailer) getting on the ferry!
When we checked into our RV park, the girl there told us to watch for porpoise swimming by the ferry and where to see Sea Turtles! We were thankful for those tips because we saw both!
We walked along this jetty to look for sea turtles and we saw several!
I loved watching my three boys in the ocean!
We went on a tour of the USS Lexington in Corpus!
Here we are in the chapel! It was neat to see in the ship and how they lived in there!
We had great views from the deck
And Drew and I walked the plank! We could see hundreds of Jelly fish in the Corpus ocean!
We came home and Dan cooked us steak and eggs! ♥
The boys took a deep sea fishing trip and fished next to this shrimp boat!
They fished for 5 hours out at sea!
After 5 hours and many bites, Zach caught this 13 pounder!! It was the last catch of the day!
Drew posed with it too, but Zach was the only one of our group with a successful catch! But Drew doesn't look too bothered! ☺
This nap was well deserved after a busy, hot morning fishing!
We rented a golf cart to ride around town in and to the beach! It was a blast!
You had to be a licensed driver to drive it though!
Here is Drew feeding a seagull! It got it!!! ☺
Drew found this jelly fish washed up on shore!! I was amazed at the colors on it! Wow!
Time for a Kodak moment! ♥
One night we went to the beach and these crabs were running everywhere!!! Eek!! So much for a romantic walk! ha!!
Pictures around the island!
Of course we had yummy sea food! Shrimp Boil! ☺
Sand Castle!!
We found some Geo Caches too!! ☺
We left the island one day early because of Tropical Storm Don heading our way and went back to San Antonio for the night and dinner at our favorite Casa Rio!! It did not disappoint!
Then we went back to the Rain Forest Cafe for dessert! During our 45 minute wait, me and Zach messed around in the store while our dinner settled!!
Then we treated ourselves to the famous "Volcano" dessert! YUMMY!
And it didn't take long to finish that~
Here we are in the chapel! It was neat to see in the ship and how they lived in there!
We had great views from the deck
And Drew and I walked the plank! We could see hundreds of Jelly fish in the Corpus ocean!
We came home and Dan cooked us steak and eggs! ♥
The boys took a deep sea fishing trip and fished next to this shrimp boat!
They fished for 5 hours out at sea!
After 5 hours and many bites, Zach caught this 13 pounder!! It was the last catch of the day!
Drew posed with it too, but Zach was the only one of our group with a successful catch! But Drew doesn't look too bothered! ☺
This nap was well deserved after a busy, hot morning fishing!
We rented a golf cart to ride around town in and to the beach! It was a blast!
You had to be a licensed driver to drive it though!
Here is Drew feeding a seagull! It got it!!! ☺
Drew found this jelly fish washed up on shore!! I was amazed at the colors on it! Wow!
Time for a Kodak moment! ♥
One night we went to the beach and these crabs were running everywhere!!! Eek!! So much for a romantic walk! ha!!
Pictures around the island!
Of course we had yummy sea food! Shrimp Boil! ☺
Sand Castle!!
We found some Geo Caches too!! ☺
We left the island one day early because of Tropical Storm Don heading our way and went back to San Antonio for the night and dinner at our favorite Casa Rio!! It did not disappoint!
Then we went back to the Rain Forest Cafe for dessert! During our 45 minute wait, me and Zach messed around in the store while our dinner settled!!
Then we treated ourselves to the famous "Volcano" dessert! YUMMY!
And it didn't take long to finish that~And just as quick as our dessert was gone, so our vacation was over! and we wouldn't have missed it for the world!!! ♥♥♥
