Two days ago, we did finally walk the cemetery that we were parked by. The oldest one we found was 1924. A lot of Hispanics and lots of babies. The odd thing I noticed (other than palm trees in a cemetery) was that when they got to the end of nicely placed rows, they would lay lots of them to rest going around the edges and follow the curving roads.
Yesterday, we headed further south. Where we were, at Corpus Christi, was called the coastal bend area. This part of Texas is call deep south Texas. Because they are having an erosion problem on the beaches, they have left the sea kelp laying on them (normally they scoop them up with a loader and will before spring break). We walked out thru it today and found tons of jelly fish. Some were big like the one in the photo, lots were small - the size of a fish bladder. This big one was laying down, but as I watched, it stood up and moved a little. Also, Texas palms do not produce coconuts, so this one washed up from some far away shore. And so you all won't hate us too much for being in this warmer climate, I included a picture of the crappy kind of day it was - foggy.
Of course, Larry had to see what the ocean felt like. At Galveston, the ocean water was 57 deg. Here it's running around 68 deg. Still too cold for me.
Don't know how long we'll stay here. We have a couple of friends to look up and we've already done SPI so all that's left is the nature center that's very close by. I may still check into bay fishing but we'll see what kind of time we have. We're starting to think maybe just a week here and longer somewhere else. Larry doesn't want to get too far away because he wants to cruise SPI during spring break. I'm sure that will be loads of fun - especially in this chick magnet of a truck that we drive. Larry is right now reading all the tourist information we picked up today - browsing the eating brochures - figuring out where to eat next time - who has the biggest seafood platter or the best buffets.
Our first night here (yesterday) the park folks all meet across the street at Chili Willie's for taco night and karaoke. This is a partying and drinking group. Should be lots of fun if we can keep up with them. Several of them did sing and were actually quite good. Several of the other customers were also very good - and, of course, there were the ones who think they're good. Some of them got up to dance to the songs being sung and I thought it was especially funny when one older gentleman got up to dance (the twist) and the lady next to me said "good thing he got his hip replaced last year. No Canadians here - kinda miss them. Can't practice my French greetings anymore.
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