After a great time at San Antonio, we headed to Corpus Christi, which is 7 hours from where we were. Just outside of San Antonio, we stopped at the locally owned BBQ joint called McBee’s BBQ. The flavors were great, the sandwich we had was tender and good. The ribs were a little on the tough side, but still tasty.
We finally arrived, it was about 6pm. We were surprised to see all of the oil manufacturers that were in the area when we came upon the city. They were everywhere. But after passing them, you saw the ocean. Which due to the gulf stream, the ocean is very merky.
Our first night there, we just rested. I caught up on one of the blogs. (trying to do better and keep it more current) So, I found the closest Little Caesar’s pizza to try their Smokehouse pizza, and we just hung out that night at the hotel. The next morning we got up and started down the ride to Padre Island.
The first stop we made was a local coffee shop and everyone there was friendly.
We next went to the Texas Sea Life Center where they help animals that have been injured and if possible will release them back once they have healed. The falcon though will be an ambassador to educate people because his wing never healed correctly. And the boa constrictor is not legal to have so it will not be released in the wild.
This island is interesting as it is a turtle preservation area and all ocean currents direct everything right to this island. Tons and tons of trash from all over the world end up here. One of the rangers told us that one day, they had 800 volunteers and they picked up 50 Tons of trash! She told us some days there is nothing and other days there is a lot. Even cars, dishwashers, and boats will wash up. At this center, they hand out free trash bags to anyone that wants one. And I can see why. Although when we were there, it was pretty clean.
We now traveled back to the hotel, so we could walk around the North beach.
We walked along the beach. And headed to the USS Lexington.
This ship was commissioned in 1943-1945 and was an aircraft carrier. It always amazes me how intelligent the armed forces are.
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