Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

I took a 5 km hike from the RV park and through part of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park. We got a free pass from the RV park and there is a .3 km paved path from our gate to the park.

Roadrunner

Chachalaca

Resaca

Green Jay

Cardinal

Green Jays and Chachalacas

Palmview, TX

High 33 C Low 13 C

 It was a calm foggy morning and we left early to stay ahead of a cold front which like us was headed for the border towns.  We had to use the windshield wipers every time we went over a hill or bridge because moisture would suddenly appear to fog the outside of the windows.  Corpus Christi was its usual industrial self.

Entering Corpus Christi

Hmm they're building a new expressway

Yikes that looks like a ghost house

It was nice to leave the development behind and head out on the quiet divided highway of big ranch country Texas.  We drove by the King Ranch which covers 825,000 acres near Kingsville (of course),

as well as a lot of other huge ranches with massive cement gateways.   It keeps everything nice and peaceful along the highway, I like that.

We arrived in Mission at Bentsen Palm Village RV Resort shortly after noon.  This is a lovely park with lots of trees, flowers, butterflies and birds.  Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park is adjacent to this RV park and you can enter it through a small gate.  Lots of birds in this area.  At our site I have seen a Vermillion Flycatcher, Long-billed Thrasher, House Wren, Green Jay and a White-tailed kite.

Dog park

  

Lots of butterflies

Monarch hanging on in the strong wind we have here tonight.

302 Km.

Port Aransas

We took the ferry over to Port Aransas this morning.  It seems to me to be more of a beach tourist town than Rockport.  I like Rockport better.   Port Aransas seems to consist of beach and high priced shopping.

Crossing the bridge over to the ferry

Yep that's a guy in waders fishing out there

Oil rigs but those are propellers for wind mills waiting to be shipped.

Oh the contrast.

Ferry entrance

Coast guard

Look at me I'm on a boat

Into Port Aransas

Driving out onto the beach

 More people fishing out there 

Lots of ships way out there

Lovely sand

Back on the ferry, lots of Dolphins in the channel

Back to Aransas Pass and Rockport