Tuesday morning after breakfast we decided to head back to the island and go to the National Seashore. On this trip, we drove through Corpus Christi and made stops at the three T-Heads since Carolyn had never been there. It was not crowded since it was a weekday. Most of the shrimp boats were out but we saw a few and lots of fancy boats at the marina. I should mention that photo are all courtesy of Carolyn Patin. I know she took photos there as she takes photos everywhere. We made numerous stops for photo shots since Carolyn was driving. (I brought my RV on this trip and Carolyn brought her convertible for sightseeing. Yes, we had the top down.) We took the bridge over to the island and headed down island to:
I had my National Park Senior Pass ready for entry.
The first stop was Malaquite Beach Campground.
One day I am going to camp here. There are no hookups but there is a dump station with water right outside the campground. The price is right especially with the senior pass.
There were some openings available and RVs/tents of all kinds enjoying the campground.
You can walk down to the beach easily. The campground has restrooms.
Next up was the visitor's center.
It sits up above the beach with a nice boardwalk going down.
Inside the visitor's center, there are all kinds of exhibits including this touchy/feely one.
Next we headed to the other campground at Bird Island Basin.
Can't beat this bargain. There is a place where you can rent windsurfing boards and take lessons.
Here you park right next to the beach. This is the Laguna Madre side of the park.
We saw some wildlife as we left the park. Carolyn was very surprised. We also saw a large wild pig right after this but he was moving too fast for a photo.
Heading back towards Port Aransas and the ferry, we passed Mustang Island State Park. Both of us have camped here. It's kind of a parking lot but very popular.
We were hungry and decided on pizza for a change. This place is great. We were going to share a pizza but several people waiting to order said we needed to do the buffet. Score! $10/person includes drink, salad bar, pizza bar, and dessert pizza bar and ice cream. It was all great.....very impressed! Great salad bar included broccoli/cheese soup and tomato bisque soup as well as hot pizzas of every kind kept constantly filled.
This is from the salad and soup bar.
After a late lunch we caught the ferry back to Aransas and then home to Rockport/Fulton. It was a great day.
It was fun!
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