The 2006 Travels of Richard n Shirley

We took a day trip. Actually an "all day" trip. Yep, we went to a place I have been to only once and DW has been to atleast four but not in the last 16 years.

As you can see, the population has increased abit in that time period. We started our trip from the campground then to Mathis at I37. From there we went to Sinton and then to Port Aransas vie Aransas Pass. This city limit sign could be any where but its on the park road north from the park.




Its been here for about 13 years. It was decommessioned in 1991 after many years service. This ship carries a name going back to the 1700's. Its the USS LEXINGTON, CV16. A trip well worth the cost of $11.95 per person or less $2.00 for a senior. The tours are well designed and more then long enough.

We got to see the engine room, actually the turbins vs the diesel engines, to the "Island". In between was the flight deck and the crew and officers quarters and their "mess".


We took a side trip to the beach. You have to take a beach access road to see it as its beyond the sand dunes. We saw some of the commerical RV parks and both of us went "yuck". Their crowded and we are not use to that.

The tide was out and we got to drive on the sand about a 1/4 mile and turned around. Where the sand was dry was soft and I guess you could get stuck.

We drove south toward the parkn the park road and decided it was to far so we turned around.


While we were awaiting the loading of the ferry, here came this tanker. It was empty from the looks of it. In front of the bow were some dolphins. With this camera, getting a pic was impossible. Timing is everything.

Here we are aproaching the far side to unload. There are 4 ferrys, two going each way.

Look at the palm trees. Lots and lots of palm trees. Temp was in the mid 70's and we were in shorts.


We took 46 pics and made a panaroma of some of them. The pic of the front of the carrier did not match the second so there is not a "Stern" shot. I hate that as it would have been a very nice grouping of the boat.

I will post more tomorrow. if you just cant wait, they are in the links folder. We had a good time and had fish for lunch.

Lets see what tomorrow brings.