Port Aransas, Texas (Part One)

We were happy to find out that Campbellsville amazon.com co-workers, Peggy and Mick Barnes, were working at Pioneer Beach RV Resort where we were going to “vacation” after two months of gate guarding. It was nice that there was a space right next to them available for us to park.

As we drove into Corpus Christie you could see all the oil refineries. Then it was across a bridge and into Port Aransas. Bridge was way too tall for me; I closed my eyes and hummed.

Pioneer Beach RV Resort is a very pretty and quiet park. Most folks stay here all winter and add flowers, put up patio fencing and generally spruce up their sites.  They reserve for the next year and get the same site each year.

There are three cows in the pasture behind us	Line of rental houses behind us.
You can see the sand dunes in the distance with the beach just beyond	Pretty pastel houses reminds me of Nassau

The Barnes were so hospitable and drove us all around playing tourist guides during their three days off.  Here we are crossing on the ferry into Rockport.  I was surprised in the short distance of the ferry ride and also that the ride was free!  Wonder who pays the wages and maintenance?

This way, please
We’re afloat with another ferry going past	Off we go with other cars waiting to board

We ate out quite a bit this week enjoying breakfast at the Bakery Cafe in Aransas Pass, San Juan’s Mexican Restaurant-Moby Dick’s-Cancun’s-Sunday Champagne Brunch at Port Royal all in Port A (as the locals call it). 

One place I particularly wanted to go to eat is the Boiling Pot in Rockport.  For years I’ve read in blogs about the Boiling Pot (Molly Pinner’s and Nick Russell’s) and since Jim and I really like seafood it was a “must” place to dine.  And we were not disappointed!

Beer iced down just how I like it.	Great menu. Jim and I split a pot for $18
We all got bibs
	The four of us shared two boiling pots.
Here’s a pound of sausage, a pound of shrimp, two crabs, corn on the cob and steamed potatoes	Happy eaters!
This guy ate two platters of crawfish that’s about 10 pds.	Everyone writes on the corrugated metal walls with provided crayons.

OK, that’s it for today.  I’m tired and I’ll finish up tomorrow.

Remember, you are definitely loved!!!

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Last Day of Gate Guarding

Our replacements arrived an hour early last Sunday. Roy Rodgers and his wife, Barbara.  Jim had relieved me at 3 a.m. so I could get a little sleep and then stay up all day and go to bed that night to start a normal schedule again.  Thankfully I was up and dressed when they arrived at 9 a.m.

I worked the gate while Jim hooked up and pulled out and then while the Rodgers set up.  We then gave them our gate notes, much of which they didn’t need since they have gate guarded before.  By 11 a.m. we pulled out and parked at the Whitsett yard for the night.

We stopped at Rita and Jerry’s gate to visit for a couple of hours and confirm when they will be coming to Colorado….they are going to be camphosts with us this summer.  We are so happy to be having them close by all summer. We are going to have some good times together.

Then we went and found the Mossman’s at their new gate.  I feel sorry for them because they are right by the oil rig…I mean like a couple hundred feet away.

The company man sits in one of those huts about 30 feet in the air and controls the whole operation by computer…amazing.

                                We watched as they used a crane to lined up a coil tubing apparatus.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the way back to the yard I took some photos of oil related machinery, etc..

Oil rig set up	Big piece of equipment
Rig close to the road	Excess gas being turned off. At night it’s neat to see many across the flat land.

Last Monday we took off south heading for Port Aransas, staying at the Pioneer Beach RV Resort.  Happily our friends, Mick and Peggy Barnes are workamping there and can show us around.

Remember, you are loved.

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