Thank You Rockport, and Goodbye - We're Gone!

The boat is ready to go and so are we.  It has been a lot of hard work in challenging weather conditions - very hot, very cold, very windy, etc.  But it's done and everything seems to work just fine.  Brenda has returned from her sojourn to Detroit, the oil and filters are all changed, the transmission fluid is fresh, the water tanks are full.  I installed our new AIS yesterday which really kicks up the chartplotter a serious notch.  So, tomorrow we are headed for an anchorage in a place called the Lydia Ann Channel, right across from the Lydia Ann Lighthouse which has an interesting history I will write more about soon.

These are our dear friends, Jeff and Anne

While in Rockport, we had some great times.  We met some really great people.  Rockport is certainly a jewel that few will really ever discovery unless they are really into fishing or boating on the Gulf.  The House of Boats has been wonderful.  I want to thank John, Anne, Jeff, Chris, Randy, Sean and all their co-workers for the wonderful job they did getting us off the truck and into the water.  These guys are real professionals and could not have been for friendly, courteous, and helpful.  They always have a wave and a smile for this California dude who, for reasons they really did not understand, was hanging around in the yard over the past several days.

In conclusion, thanks Rockport.  We may never pass this way again, but you will always have a special place in our hearts.

Where's Waldo?

  

Brenda and I had the privilege of meeting Diane, the CEO of the Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce.  They have done a terrific job of putting these two communities on the map.  They provide visitors with a wealth of information from real estate to the Maritine Museam and the local Acquarium and everything in between.

Remember the video of that oil rig leaving The Cove Harbor?  Well, there it goes.

This is the causeway onto the ferry to visit Port Aransas.

This is the beach on Port Aransas. It is like packed powder.  The water was very warm.  The beach is a shell collector's dream.

It's not easy to miss the kind of fishing they like to do in Port A and in nearby Corpus Christi.

 

They do a lot of big game fishing on the Gulf.

These two ships passed literally right in front of where we were sitting.  There were dolphin playing in the bow wave.  We'll try to get closer photos.

This is the ferry that carries cars across to the island known as Port Aransas.

We've had a terrific time here in Rockport and the surrounding area and we will miss it and the people we met.