We left San Antonio last Friday and after a long drive, and lots of traffic through Houston and into Louisiana, we arrived Poche's Fish N RV Camp in Breaux Bridge. 

sites and 2 of the fishing ponds

We have stayed here before. It is a quiet campground (except for occasional gunfire). There are 4 large fishing ponds and the campsites are around one pond along with a few cabins for rental. The campground will be filling up within the next week with Mardi Gras starting at the end of the month. On the way in, we stopped at Poche's General Store and picked up dinner of crawfish etouffee. Love the food here!!!!  Spent the following day, just chilllin out. Skip was tired from the drive, and since we are here for a month, there is no rush to get up and go.
   When we did go into town, we stopped at Ford dealership to see if we can get the car fixed. The ABS (automatic braking system) light kept coming on while. Skip brought the car in Tuesday morning and they gave us a rental for our use since they had to order the part. We took a ride over to Henderson, which is the next town over from Breaux Bridge. At the dealership, one of the employees gave Skip a few places to check out. There is a new campground in the area - drove over and checked it out; we prefer where we are, but good for a backup if Poche's is full. We ended up driving around the Atchafalaya Basin area

looking for McGee's Landing, where you can get air boat rides, etc.
  As we are driving down this road realizing we don't know where we are, this gentleman is waiving us down. We pulled into his driveway and asked us where we are going. After explaining what we were trying to locate, he invited us over to see his craw fish boat and equipment for catching craw fish. His name is Russell, and he was delightful. Told us all about the area.

With all the rain this area has had in the past month, the basin has overflow

ed into many homes and yards.

There is a levee across the street from Russell's home, so he was fine. After a while, Russell set us out in the right direction, and after going by homes under water, over a draw bridge, and over a levee we arrived at McGee's Landing.

drawbridge and up and over levee

  If and when the weather warms up and isn't raining, we may be back for an air boat ride before we leave.

McGee's Landing

  Got back to camp site late afternoon and just sat outside with Thumper. Some times it is fun to get lost on the road. You never know what you may find and who you will meet in you travels. 

Before leaving Corpus Christi, we took a ride over to Port Aransas. This is a quaint tourist town with shopping, restaurants, lots of fishing, and a ferry that will take you across the bay for free. Besides cars, the ferry can take trucks, trailers and motor homes.

There are some camping sites along the bay. In fact, we saw a couple of campers when driving around. One of the big "photo ops" is a dry docked oil rig. Getting in line to take the ferry back, cameras are clicking away, ours included.

We stopped for shopping at this funky looking shop called "Gratitude".  Lots of stuff inside and tiny bubbles blowing in their parking lot. There is also an "X" rated dish containing unique pins. I picked up one that said "I need a fucking vacation". Seemed appropriate for Skip and I since we are fortunate to be able to spend time a fair amount of time "permanently vacationing" on the highways and bi-ways of the U.S.

Afterwards, we stopped at Moby Dick's for lunch. Fun place!  I had shrimp po-boy and Skip had their peel-n-eat shrimp with onion rings.

inside Moby Dick's

As we were leaving, ran across the street to the massive shark for photo-op.

Skip went to candy store to get his "supplies". Lots and lots of candy. Also to remind you that you are in Texas, there is a rattlesnake in cage in the corner.

rattlesnake in cage behind this display

   Following morning, we headed back to San Antonio. John and Jerie were in town for a wedding. John was my boss and we have not seen each other in 5 years. It was good to get together. We walked over to River Walk stopping at The Alamo for photos. Had a great time and lots of laughs.  

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We have been in Corpus Christi, Texas for the past month. We were here about 3 years ago. The bay was discovered in1519, by a Spanish explorer named Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda, and today is the sixth largest port in the U.S and deepest inshore port on the Gulf of Mexico.

Lots of oil and agricultural products pass through this port. Corpus Christi is also one of the top ten cities in the U.S.
     We are staying at the Colonia Del Ray Campgrounds in the Flour Bluff area of Corpus Christi. If you turn right and right out of campgrounds, you are heading to the bridge over to Padre Island. We enjoy going to Whitecap Beach.

You can park right on the beach; Thumper likes digging in the dunes, Skip likes sitting catching "rays",

and I can usually be found walking along the beach.
   One night we went to dinner in town for our anniversary (47 years). We went to the Republic of Texas restaurant which is located at the top of the Omni Hotel. The views of Corpus Christi are great, even at night. There is a small balcony for you to see the views. Our waiters were delightful - they pointed out the various sights (i.e. Pearl Harbor Bridge, various refineries - oil and gas, the USS Lexington (which you can tour), and the marina area. Our meal was great. Skip had steak with a baked potato which was huge.

Texas size baked potato

Creme brulee with Texas cookie

Skip and our waiter, Johnny

I had the venison. For dessert, I had their Creme Brulee, which was really good. Loved the State of Texas cookie on top!    
since Christmas was coming, did some shopping at a local mall. Crowded!!!!
   Christmas Day - 80 degrees so to the beach we went (along with a few others). Very hazy, but fun!!

Texas beach snowman!!!!

Went into town another day. Had lunch at Harrison's Landing.

One night we took a ride over to one of the neighborhood's that at Christmas is called "Candy Cane Lane".  All the houses in this neighborhood are decorated for the holidays. Lots of fun to see these decorations!!!!

New Years' - rainy so we stayed put!! In fact, two full days of rain and below normal temperatures for the area.
   Went to the movies to see Star Wars at the IMAX and 3-D. Skip fell asleep!! I enjoyed it. That is all I can say. We also saw Point Break, which is remake of the Keanu Reeve-Patrick Swayze movie made awhile ago.  That we enjoy!!! Scenery is spectacular!  Lots of action if you remember. When the rain stops, plan on a few drives around the area.