Feb 22 - Feb 28/13 Weather always somewhere in the mid 70's once in a while 80, always sunny, always windy - but not as windy as down in SPI. nights about mid 40's to mid 50's. Sun is dry here, not so humid.
Mystery of the Winds - Weather Lesson 101
These winds have been such a quandary for us. All along the Gulf Coast from Alabama to the bottom of Texas we have found in the last two years it "is" windy. Not just breezy but windy. Never understood why. Here's the deal; if you watch enough Weather Channel you will finally get the answer! Every time a weather system moves through the northern part of Texas and the Mid-West of the USA it creates a pressure change below and leaves behind wind, not just a breeze but windy gusty conditions usually for a day. Then you will just have a breeze for a few days then above the snow storms push through again and voila we get the wind. The light bulb has now been turned on :) It has been perplexing to us since last year sitting in the wind in the Gulf Shores of Alabama.
From South Padre Island to Corpus Christi on Hwy 77 it is mandatory you run through a Border Security Control Checkpoint. All vehicles. There are so many cameras pointed at your vehicle you cannot count them; and also about 3 or 4 dogs running around every unit as well. No problem if you have no one to hide.
We moved from South Padre Island a couple of hundred miles north on the Texas Riviera to Mustang Island, a small town called Port Aransas. It is very close to Corpus Christi. There are a few nice RV parks and we have chosen Pioneer Beach RV Resort. This park has direct access to the beach which is just like Daytona Beach in Florida, you can pay $12 to drive on it for miles and miles. Also everyone is out there fishing everyday and lots of campers too! It seemed a little more out there than we would want to be..... that kind of camping is called Boondocking!
Port Aransas is a fishing community and shrimping. As well there is a deep water strait that takes large vessels into Corpus Christi. The local fellows told us some large oil rigs come in and out and that is why there is no bridge between Port Aransas and the land across the strait called Aransas Pass.
All vehicles under 90ft long and 80,000 lbs take the ferry, oh and there are 8 of them running 24 hours a day. We took a ride over to get the feel for leaving in a few weeks with the motor home... we have never used a ferry anywhere in our travels.
Seemed like we could manage this as the one ferry worker told us they would give us the complete one side of the ferry, no worry about being too tightly packed in. About 25 miles down the road we ended up in Rockport and Fulton Beach. It is a nice little artsy downtown and just off the mainland was a Key like Florida has. The properties were quite nice with canal and deep water access.
We are finding it not too busy, the sun feels good, our park is very nice so we are going to stay for a while. Ooops,,,, as it turns out that will be 2 weeks. Since we do not book ahead and reserve the park is going to be full shortly as this is a very popular area for March break coming up. That's ok we will stay another week and enjoy our time.
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| kite flying at Pioneer Beach RV Resort - Port Aransas |
Mystery of the Winds - Weather Lesson 101
These winds have been such a quandary for us. All along the Gulf Coast from Alabama to the bottom of Texas we have found in the last two years it "is" windy. Not just breezy but windy. Never understood why. Here's the deal; if you watch enough Weather Channel you will finally get the answer! Every time a weather system moves through the northern part of Texas and the Mid-West of the USA it creates a pressure change below and leaves behind wind, not just a breeze but windy gusty conditions usually for a day. Then you will just have a breeze for a few days then above the snow storms push through again and voila we get the wind. The light bulb has now been turned on :) It has been perplexing to us since last year sitting in the wind in the Gulf Shores of Alabama.
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| Border Security check |
From South Padre Island to Corpus Christi on Hwy 77 it is mandatory you run through a Border Security Control Checkpoint. All vehicles. There are so many cameras pointed at your vehicle you cannot count them; and also about 3 or 4 dogs running around every unit as well. No problem if you have no one to hide.
We moved from South Padre Island a couple of hundred miles north on the Texas Riviera to Mustang Island, a small town called Port Aransas. It is very close to Corpus Christi. There are a few nice RV parks and we have chosen Pioneer Beach RV Resort. This park has direct access to the beach which is just like Daytona Beach in Florida, you can pay $12 to drive on it for miles and miles. Also everyone is out there fishing everyday and lots of campers too! It seemed a little more out there than we would want to be..... that kind of camping is called Boondocking!
Port Aransas is a fishing community and shrimping. As well there is a deep water strait that takes large vessels into Corpus Christi. The local fellows told us some large oil rigs come in and out and that is why there is no bridge between Port Aransas and the land across the strait called Aransas Pass.
All vehicles under 90ft long and 80,000 lbs take the ferry, oh and there are 8 of them running 24 hours a day. We took a ride over to get the feel for leaving in a few weeks with the motor home... we have never used a ferry anywhere in our travels.
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| 8 ferries run around the clock |
Seemed like we could manage this as the one ferry worker told us they would give us the complete one side of the ferry, no worry about being too tightly packed in. About 25 miles down the road we ended up in Rockport and Fulton Beach. It is a nice little artsy downtown and just off the mainland was a Key like Florida has. The properties were quite nice with canal and deep water access.
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