Rockport, Texas

Rockport, Texas

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Rockport, Texas

Rockport, Texas

April 10, 1007

Yesterday we stopped for a few hours in the small town of Wadsworth and took our Saturn to the famous fishing village of Matagorda. A travelogue of that area is here: Matagorda & Palacios, Texas

Our motorhome is in the Lyons Park the City owned Campground in Refugio, Texas. Jeffey City Park also known as Lions Park in Refugio has about 20 full hookup sites with 30-amp for $12 per-night located on West Empresario Street. You can call the city for information 526-5361 (sorry no area code) or you can just find a spot and someone from the city will be around to collect the $12. It is a real nice park as far as we are concerned but it may not have bathrooms and showers if you need that.

Today was an exciting day, it really was. We visited three other places and made three other travel logs covering those adventures, you can access them here:

Refugio, Texas

Goose Island Oak or "Big Tree" At Goose Island State Park.....it is the Texas Champion live oak tree

Mustang Island and Port Aransas via a ferry

 

Mom's Bait Shop Rockport, Texas

Mom's Bail Shop Rockport, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

Baitshops in Rockport are an integral part of coastal ambience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flemings Bait Stand Rockport, Texas

Flemings Bait Stand Rockport, Texas

 

 

 

 

 

One thing about Rockport bait shops is the paint jobs. Gaudy seems to be in style but I like it. VBG

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whooping Crane Boat Tours operate out of Rockport

Whooping Crane Boat Tours

 

 

Whooping crane tours are available in both Rockport and Port Aransas during the winter months when whooping cranes winter in this area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coastal Live oaks shaped by wind

 

 

 

A stand of live oaks on the waterfront in Rockport. Note how they have been shaped by the onshore wind. This is very characteristic of coastal oak groves.

From Rockport we headed east across the Copano Bay Causeway to Goose Island State Park where the state of Texas has preserved an ancient live oak tree. Our sole purpose of heading across the causeway was to view this champion live oak. We cover our visit with the Goose Island Oak in another Travellog.

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron & Snowy Egret at Rockport Marina

Great Blue Heron & Snowy Egret at Rockport Marina

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, back in Rockport the easy life goes on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Docks around shrimp boats offer a great opportunity to view birds like these great blue herons. The smaller white bird is a snowy egret. Notice the snowy egrets yellow feet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

 

 

 

Great Blue herons are a part of the ambience of seaport villages like Rockport.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Egret

Great Egret

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Egret

Great Egret

 

 

 

 

Great egrets like these make good subjects when visiting seaport docks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shrimp boat Snowy Egret & Brown Pelican

Shrimp boat Snowy Egret & Brown Pelican

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shrimp boats and Great Blue Heron

Shrimp boats and Great Blue Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The back of this shrimp boat offered a wonderful opportunity to photograph a number of birds. On the left is a brown pelican in the water and a snowy egret on the back end of the boat. In the picture to the right is a majestic great blue heron.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next we headed to the ferry terminal at Aransas Pass where boarded this ferry that took us to to Mustang Island and Port Aransas but that adventure is in another Travellog: Port Aransas & Mustang Island.

The Port Aransas & Mustang Island Ferry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here for our adventures on this ferry and Mustang Island (Port Aransas)

 

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