Not in Rockport

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are not in Rockport, Texas.  Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week you'll know about Hurricane Harvey and his arrival in Rockport along the Texas coast.  Apparently battering that quaint little port wasn't enough, it had to dump several feet of water all along the coast as far east as New Orleans.  After several times coming and going, in and out of the Gulf, it headed up north.  Still dumping water on everything and everyone.  It's a wonder there's any water left in the Gulf of Mexico.

Reaching inland several miles he flooded..... well, just about everything.  And because Texas does things in a big way, everything in Texas is bigger, the city of Houston was given a mighty big bath!

Seriously, it will take years for all that was damaged in the flooding to recover.  I know, New Orleans is still recovering from Katrina.  Although I think there's more money (businesses) in Houston so that may speed things up a bit.  The cleanup will take forever and all those who lost their homes (100,000) last time I checked.  I try not to read about it.  Not because I don't care, but because it's a terrible reminder.

If you can help in any way, do so. Your heart will be lifted.

So we'll pause in Rockport another time.  Meanwhile, God willing and the creek don't rise, we'll go to San Antonio.  The beach and salt water therapy can wait.

By the way, it's really warm here....August is not the best month to be in the Rio Grande Valley.  Although it is a dry heat.  But when I open the oven it's a dry heat and I get rewarded with a treat!

All is right in our world.

Leaving Mission Texas

We left Mission, Texas around 1000 this morning and it was sad to see the empty sites! Next season we won't be next door to the Scotts. As we pulled out Pat and Vern pulled up behind us honking their horn....complained about us blocking the road! It was nice to say good bye to them again. They'll be leaving as soon as Vern get's the go ahead from the docs..... We stopped around 1130 for a bite to eat. We were still on highway 181 heading north. We saw very little on that road....not much in the way of sceanery or critters. A couple Cara Cara's, vultures....maybe a cow or two. Once we got on highway 385 heading east we saw quite a few Cara Cara's! But again the sceanery was uninspiring. After we got on highway 77 heading north towards Corpus Christi there was a change in the views. More little towns, fields of corn and other crops. Then the city itself. USS Lexington from the bridge in Corpus Christie Bay. We arrived in Rockport around 1400. The Beacon RV Park http://beaconrv.com/index.html is typical of campgrounds that have been around for awhile. Small sites with some permanent residents. It's clean and close to Aransas Bay. We like the Fulton/Rockport area. Fulton is a small fishing community and Rockport is building on the fact that folks want homes by the water.

It was a tight squeeze but Jim managed to get us parked in our site.

The bay is right down the road....after dinner the three of us walked down and fed the seagulls at the end of the pier. It was fun watching the boats come in.

We're staying here a week and I can't begin to tell you how pleased I am!