Day 194

John and Patty got here about 9:30.  We got in the car and drove to Corpus Christi.  At least we started in that direction.  We actually ended up in Port Aransas.  It was a cool drive.  I took the back road and we went through flat Texas.  Because of the rain everything was green and nice looking.  We didn't stop anywhere because it was a long drive down (200+ miles).

The car GPS was a joke all the way.  It wouldn't abandon driving on the freeway.  It also wouldn't take a "go to a city" verbal command.  I ended up telling it to go to random streets on some of the intermediate towns.  That and John using Google on his phone got us there.

The lighthouse we wanted to see is on private land on an island.  We drove to a road along an inlet to a spot about a half mile away.  It was as close as we could get.  Pat said she was happy and took some pictures.

From there we back tracked a little and drove to the ended of the road.  At the way we passed an sea going oil drilling rig.  It was really impressive.  The road ended at a ferry terminal.  It was really impressive.  There were about 5 ferries, each with it's own slip.  The other side was Mustang island.  It's was a tourist trap, which was fine with us.  We stopped at a marina and had lunch outdoors where Lucy could eat with us.

We drove through Corpus Christi on the way back.  To get there we drove about 15 miles from one end of the island to the other.  There were lots of trailer parks and a lot of houses (and condos) on stilts).  The whole island is no more than 20 feet above sea level.

We drove through Corpus Christi on the freeway.  There is an impressive down town.  At one end the carrier Lexington is tied up.  I've got to go back some day and go through it.

We drove back on essentially the same road.  That allowed us to avoid San Antonio.  We were home a little before 7.  Pat was tired, so they went back to their trailer rather than eating dinner.  I'm surprised that I'm not more tired than I am after driving almost 500 miles.

I ate a late dinner and then Ellen watched a chick flick while I surfed and played Minions.  We finished the evening watching Futurama.