A busy day

Well, things have quieted down around here now that Spring Break is over! We have always seen reports about college kids going crazy over Spring Break but had never actually seen it. The reports do not exaggerate. This scene from the beach was several miles long--music, kids,cars-it was really something. They have gone home now and the beach is back to normal.

Yesterday we drove into Corpus Christi to visit the Texas State Aquarium. It is a fairly large facility dedicated to the study of marine life in Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. It was interesting to see many of the fish, reef life and ecology of the area. The fish here are ones we were not familiar with so it was a good learning experience. They recently acquired the 2 dolphins seen here. They are certainly fun to watch. Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins like these are found in large numbers in this area. We have seen them from the ferry and when we were on the bird boat tour.

The other Corpus Christi attraction we saw was the USS Lexington aircraft carrier. It is permanently docked in the bay and operated as a museum. We stopped and looked at it from the outside and decided to save the inside tour for another visit.

We look forward to coming back and taking the tour. It looks like it will take a large part of the day and we did not want to hurry, so we have added it to our list of things not yet done.




When we got back from to Port Aransas from Corpus Christi ( only 30 miles away), we grabbed a quick dinner and went on an evening bay fishing charter. Fishing is one of the more popular activities around here, so we gave it a try. It was nice seeing the sunset and then the lights of the harbor and surrounding areas . The boat went out into the bay and we all gave the fishing a try. Karen caught 5 or 6 fish and Jim caught about a dozen, However, none of them were large enough to keep --so we threw them all back. It was fun to be out for a warm evening cruise and get practice fishing. Karen had not been fishing in many years. For the most part, the water was very calm which Karen (the easily sea-sick) really appreciated. It got a little rough when we got out near the harbor entrance but it was only a brief stop ( no fish biting) and the rest of the evening was quite smooth.....but no fish-Waaaaaaaaa!
We will have to try again another time.
All in all, it was a busy day. Aren't retired people supposed to rest??