Sunday 2/10/2013
While still in Fulton/Rockport area in Texas,, we took a 20 minute drive south to Aransas Pass. In Aransas Pass we took the drive on the penisula out to the ferry. |
The ferry's are free and are only about a 4 minutes ride to get to the island. |
. Luckily the store was only a few blocks away. We got our $12 sticker and put it in the car window. |
It was a lovely day for a walk on the beach. |
The beach was not a pretty beach, when you are use to Alabama beaches. The sand is hard packed, so great for walking. The beach also had a lot of brown seaweed on it. |
There is a long pier for fishing in Port Aransas on the island. |
"Mom can we play ball when we get home," Mallery said with her look. |
"Please"! |
As we left the beach, weird clouds formed off in the ocean. |
It might have been raining out in the ocean, but it didn't rain on the beach. |
After beach walking, we decided to check out the island. We found this trailer sitting up high. Never seen a trailer raised like this. |
After driving around we ended up back at the beach but north of the pier. This area allows cars on the beach. |
There was a jetty north of the pier with lots of fishermen on it. |
Lots of small picnic tables on the north end of the pier. |
And lots of shore birds. |
At the pier there is a restaurant, store, restrooms and bait shop. |
As we continued to explore the island, I took a picture of the Roosevelt's At The Tarpon Inn. |
It looked like a very nice place to stay . |
When we drive; Mallery has to sit in her booster seat in the back seat. She would rather sit in her mom's lap, but it is safer for her there. |
When we jumped on the ferry, they had two ferry's loading up the cars. The ferry runs 7 days a week , and round the clock. |
I took these pictures of Mallery on our drive home as I shot them in my mirror on the visor. |
She looked so cute sitting back there. |
She's getting old and I never know how long she will be with us, so she gets lots of photo shots. |
And her long hair is going to be gone in a couple weeks. |
After getting off the ferry, we stopped at one of the many pull outs along the strip of lpenisula to the mainland. |
On both sides of the road is water, with cars at most of the pullouts with fishermen along the shores. |
Cactus along the shore mixed in with the grasses. |
Once on the mainland we headed north toward Fulton. I took this picture to show how many of the neighborhoods are built on water channels. |
Rockport /Fulton city limits. |
View of Little Bay as we go through Rockport, TX. |
I found this picture of Little Bay on the internet. On the other side of Little Bay is the inter-coastal waters that are between the mainland and San Jose Island. You can also see Rockport Beach in this picture. |
When we got home Mallery had to have a bath because her long hair was filled with said. |
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