They had a Super Bowl party in the club house, but most of the attendees were rooting for Patriots, and I like having the option to back up the DVR to see plays over again as needed. We watched the game in the motorhome and then joined the group for half time. Great game, bad last play and we were quite "deflated" with the loss.
On Monday, we took a ride to Padre Island and then went North to Mustang Island, Port Aransas, took the free ferry ride to Aransas Pass and than back to Portland.
We had another rain day on Tuesday, so we made it cleaning day and then went to another movie - Taken 3. Two weeks in a row we went to the theatre after approx. 16 years of not seeing a movie at the theatre.
We spent one day in Kingsville, TX at King's Ranch - one of the largest ranches in the world. They have multiple locations, but they specialize in cattle, horses, sod, citrus trees, grain, etc. Not a lot of picture opportunities, but quite an impressive place, with a lot of history.
We also spent the day touring the following places:
Goose Island State Park where they have one of the largest oak trees:
Aransas Wildlife Refuge where we saw American Alligators. We were hoping to see armadillos, javelinas, and wild boar, but no such luck. We did see lots of birds in addition to the alligators.
Rockport is known for their Blue Crab, recently recreated by a local artist, it's one of the top 19 small cities in the US.
We also got a few more days of kayaking in, visited a winery but not overly impressed as they do a lot of fruit wines, and definitely enjoyed the sunsets that we had almost everyday.
On Feb. 12 we will start our trip through Northwest Texas on our way to Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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