Awake: 5:54am Temp 39 sleep 6=28 sunny overnight @ Aransas Pass,
Texas.
The storm has passed, the sky a bright blue & the temp is more to my
liking….cool. Today we continue our touring southbound. Our next
campground is so near, we need to hang around here until almost noon so as
to not arrive too early.
After breakfast, I clean off the slide tops which had some fine dust on
them. Then later, I retract the slides. In the near distance, I can see 4
of the pool players standing around & talking so I join them for awhile.
After Kathy finishes watching her morning TV programs, she visits the
ladies @ the club house. They are designing and making a large Christmas
stocking ornament to enter in the city wide competition; last year they
won second place. This year’s theme: the Ransom Road RV Park is
overflowing with fun.
@ 11:42am we leave the Ransom Road RV Park; smooth roads continue on hwy
35 & I-37 southbound. Arrive @ the Greyhound RV Park in Corpus Christi,
Texas @ 12:22pm. This campground is dated but has 5 or 6 big rig sites
with maneuvering space that worked well for us.
Today’s travel: 36 min time 25.3 miles 3.5 gal used 7.2 mpg 42.9
avg speed.
We waste no time in finding things to do. Leaving our slides retracted, we
head downtown in the Suzuki to the Port of CC bay front area & marina.
With great weather, we opt for a walk along the bay with all its yachts,
sailboats, ocean freighters & even the anchored USS Lexington aircraft
carrier. This shoreline boulevard with its wide sidewalk is like a
promenade & maybe 2 miles in length. The Art Museum of South Texas, the
Museum of Science & History and Columbus Ships + the Water Garden with
some 150 fountains in a large circle which is lighted @ night are located
at the far north end. On a bad weather day, we would have visited the
Science & History Museum. Sitting @ the Water Garden steps, we met a young
couple & their daughter from France. They are touring Texas in a rented
truck pulling a rented 5th wheel.
Back in our Suzuki, we drive downtown & do a grid pattern of the streets.
Corpus Christi downtown is a 2 tiered city. The older section of town is
maybe 100 ft or more lower than the upper & newer section. As we are
stopped looking at the Centennial House, the city’s oldest existing house
built in 1928 (still on its original site) of the then popular
“shellcrete” construction. The president of the restoration project just
happens to saunter by and gave us more info on the house than we can
remember, other than once it was a civil war hospital. The Cathedral, a
beautiful, huge complex, and the chancery office are located across the
street. Unfortunately, much of the block long structure is unused and the
school is closed. In lieu of returning to the bus for dinner, I persuade
Kathy to have a beer & dinner @ the Water Street Oyster Bar. We share an
appetizer of oysters Rockefeller, calamari, quesadillas with guacamole &
bread with our beers.
Then we drive over to Heritage Park where we tour 4 of 7 historic homes:
circa 1893 to 1905. These homes were moved into their present location
from other areas of the city. It was very interesting to see these homes
of yesteryear but we didn’t get any old fashion or new ideas from the
experience.
En route back to our bus, we stopped @ an HEB grocery store just to check
on their wine varieties. We bought nothing.
High temp=low 60’s Elevation 26 ft Lights out: 12:22am
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