DAY 7 – Sat Jan 8 – Trip to Mustang Island 2011

The Austin Lone Star RV Resort was a really nice place to camp It is a gated RV park with lots of trees and plenty of room for the slides. Roads appeared to be a little narrow but two RV’s were able to pass each other. JW seems to be getting a little tired and Wanda is still not feeling well.

Up at 8:00 am. Broke camp and headed for Mustang Island (Port Aransas). GPS said it is 4 hrs 13 min. We thought it was 7 hrs and something so glad to hear that it will be a good easy day. Believe it or not, JW made all the right turns at San Antonio, he was running co-pilotless as Wanda is still under the weather and keeping the couch company. Just south of San Antonio, we started running into a lot of wind which made for difficult driving. (What was that about an easy day?).

JW handled the coach just fine, even in all the Corpus Christi traffic. Made one wrong turn at Aransas Pass (actually, missed our turn because the sign was missing). A mile down the road we got it straightened out though. We did get to put the rig & the toad on the Port Aransas ferry. That was pretty cool, took 2 ½ minutes to cross the bay and we were in Port Aransas, on Mustang Island.

Now, all JW had to do was follow SH 361 down the Island for about 3 miles and we would be at the RV Park. Would you believe that he missed the only Hwy on the Island ! Somehow he went right past Hwy 361 and wound up on the Beach Road.

I bet we looked pretty strange driving a 34ft Class A Motor home pulling a PT Cruiser down the beach. Guess he was anxious to get to the Gulf waters. Sooo, we drove down the beach for 2 miles and found a road back to the Hwy and there we were, at “On the Beach RV Resort”. 68 degrees and windy. Journey completed, motorhome is setup and watchin’ the Saints and Sea Hawks. JW is really tired and needs a day or so to rest before we start exploring. Stay tuned .