Thursday night the guy in the RV next to me was busy washing his RV. Hmmmm. Thursday night about 2AM, it started pouring with thunder and lightning. Coincidence....maybe. I got the first phone call before 7AM from one of the women asking if the Dolphin Tour was cancelled. Obviously, it was too early to call the tour place to ask. I sent out a message to everyone saying I would call them at 0800 to see whether the tour was still on. We were supposed to meet at the park at 8:20 AM to leave for the harbor. The tour operator asked me to call back at 8:30AM because they were still watching the weather. The sun was not out but the rain had moved east and the tour was on. We all headed to Fulton Harbor to the Duck Blind Coffee House which was the meeting place for the Aransas Bay Dolphin Watching Tour. The sky was very overcast but it wasn't raining and actually was perfect for a boat tour because it wasn't blazing hot. View of the marina on the way out.
Lots of picture taking in progress.
We started following a shrimping boat which is a perfect way to see dolphins because they follow the shrimp boats catching breakfast.
There was seating inside with good views out of the windows which could be open or closed but most of our group chose to be out in the bow of the boat most of the trip.
We saw a couple of ships headed into nearby Corpus Christi.
Lots of pelicans gathered on a gravel island that moves based on water current. Since it wasn't mating season, we were actually able to pull right up to the island.
There were about five dolphins following the shrimper.
The boat wasn't a beauty but a working man's boat hard at work. They were followed by dolphins, birds, and us.
The net was being pulled in to empty the catch into containers on board.
Lots of happy faces on this tour. There were about 7 others on the boat in addition to our group.
This is the back of MoonDog restaurant which has outside covered patio seating in addition to inside seating.
Some of the ladies went out to lunch or sightseeing after the tour. Friday night was dinner at Paradise Key Dockside Bar and Grill, a large restaurant on the west end of Rockport that can seat large groups and has good food. Almost everyone wants to eat seafood while on the coast but restaurants have other choices as well. They had a band playing and our wait wasn't too long although they were very busy.
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