Corpus Christi sightseeing

We left Livingston yesterday and traveled south to Lake Corpus Christi State Park. We were only on the road for 10-15 minutes when Highway 59 was completely shut down by an accident. We sat in our truck in essentially one spot for an hour. We were very happy we had a 5th Wheel attached after about 45 minutes of waiting. Unlike the rest of the unfortunate "waitees", we had our own personal bathroom attached to our vehicle. Nothing like using the facilities in the #1 lane of the highway!

When the highway reopened, we continued our trip south, traveling straight through Houston as we went. Houston was quite impressive to see, even if we didn't stop. Great skyline and typical Texas freeways with good signage. We have noticed that Texas puts the freeway numbers not only on the large green signs we are all used to, but on each lane as well. This makes navigation much easier, as one can make sure they are in the correct lane.

We arrived in Lake Corpus Christi State Park around 4:00 p.m. This is a great park with large spaces for RVs and an awesome view. This morning we found some beautiful little birds flying around the trees right outside our dining room window. One bird was a red cardinal and the other was a gorgeous green and yellow bird ... don't know what species. We will try to get pictures tomorrow morning.

Today we headed 35 miles SE to Corpus Christi ... WOW! Another beautiful gulf coast city. This one has around 250,000 people though, so it was much busier than Galveston. We got there around lunch time and found lots of traffic -- it felt like Bay Area traffic. We were glad our trailer was back up the road! Anyway, after doing a little shopping and eating lunch, we went down to the beach and found dolphins! Lucy ran around in the sand and we took tons of pictures. I know you are shocked about that! We have only taken somewhere around 2,000 pictures so far. Praise the Lord for digital cameras! The sun was nice, but it was COLD! Although the temperature was in the 50s, there was a cold wind that just went right through you and made it feel much, much colder. We were freezing by the time we got back in the truck.

We continued driving and ended up on Mustang Island and then in Port Aransas, where we again boarded a ferry back to the Corpus Christi area. We have never been on ferries before, and here we have been on two in fewer than two weeks! Awesome! We had a great time today -- looking forward to church at Calvary Chapel Coastlands in Corpus Christi tomorrow. Then on to the San Antonio area on Monday.