Enjoying the Rockport Retired Life

Blue Lagoons RV Resort

We seem to have found our "place" on this adventure. Rockport is favored by many retirees, and we know why now. The weather is temperate, often sunny and warm, sometimes cool and cloudy. The availability of shopping, restaurants, entertainment and the friendliness of the community, especially here at the RV Park, makes us feel comfortably "at home". We've already discovered our favorite bakery, restaurants, beaches and a daily happy hour right here in the RV community. So, we've decided to stay 2 full weeks....we gypsies who normally move on after 2-3 days!!

The Big Tree

1,000 years old!

One of our day trips was to Goose Island State Park, on the tip of the Lamar peninsula, along the Copano Bay. This park features, among camping sights and fishing piers, Live Oak trees that are believed to be 1,000 years old. These are very different from the oaks found in the Northeast, but they do drop acorns. Their knurled boughs make one want to climb and climb, though the top isn't high.

The small town of Lamar planned a small Marde Gras parade and festival, but the rain and wind put a serious damper on the events. So we drove to Victoria to shop at the Mall instead, and I "inherited" Bernie's iPhone!

At the urging of our friends Max & Liz, another day we went to Port Aransas to Mustang Beach to put our feet in the Gulf of Mexico. It was COLD! And windy enough to see surfers. Can you see one behind Bernie, near the pier?

To get to the beach, we crossed on the ferry from Aransas Pass to the beach resort town of Port Aransas. Our GPS lead us to the Pink Octopus and the Shark Entry as "Odd & Unusual Things to See"!

What Fun!

Actually the front door of a Beachwear Shop!