Mon-Tues Mar 28/29 2016 - Castroville and Gulf of Mexico
Mar 28 - Castroville - We were quite interested to discover
this weekend that Texas does not have a Stat holiday on Good Friday or Easter
Monday. Stores are open normal business hours all over the weekend which was
quite strange to us. We decided to go into Castroville and use the self guided
tour of the town, starting with a delicious Latte at our favorite coffee shop..
“Octanes”. Then a walk through town reading up on the history of several of the
old houses and also visiting the Steinbach house and Museum. It is old house
built in the 17th century in Wahlbach in France and moved here to
Castroville and re-built back in the late 90’s. It was a labour of love for the
townspeople and was also helped along by people from the Alsace region of
France who came over to help with putting it all together here in Texas.
On our walk through town we
were most impressed by the amazing array of wild flowers here in Texas and
lining the streets. So beautiful. A nice lazy day followed by a nice dinner at
home in the rig.
March 29 – South Coast
We have always wondered
about whether we should have camped on the South Coast of Texas on the Gulf of
Mexico. We have met several people who spend their winters there in either
Corpus Christi, Port Aransas and thereabouts. So we decided to do a day trip
down there to explore. It is a good 3 hour plus drive so we started out early-ish
and headed straight through Corpus Christi to Port Aransas (out in the bay). We
drove around and went for Oysters and other seafood delights for lunch at the
Virginia Oysterhouse on the bay… great lunch and a beautiful spot. Got the free
short car ferry over to Rockport to check out the area that Mike and Lisa are
thinking of moving to. Found a good RV park nearby (Coastal) in Rockport and
marveled at the low price of great houses there. On advice from Lisa and Mike
we went to Charlotte Plummer’s restaurant right on the dock and had some fresh
shrimp while watching oyster’s being unloaded by the sackful off fishing boats
just outside the window.… such fresh seafood!! We couldn’t eat all the shrimp, so
we got a doggie bag to take some home to enjoy tomorrow. It was a great day
trip but a bit too short to really appreciate and get to know the area. I think
we both are glad that we spent our Texas time in the Hill Country. While the
beach and seafood are great, it seems that there is more variety of landscape
and great cities in Austin and San Antonio. But Rockport is a great place and I
think Lisa and Mike would love it there.
March 30th - After a day out we didn’t do too much
today.. but we did enjoy our shrimp appetizer with bubbly in the late
afternoon… decadent!!
Mar 31 -Another day
of golf.. may be our last before we leave but never say never… especially with
golf… especially around Derek.. especially when it’s cheap!!
