A Visit With My Sister and Brother-in-Law

My oldest sister, Anne, and her husband, Don, came to Rockport this week and we had a great visit.  They made a quick trip down from Houston and spent a night with us.  No, they didn't stay in the RV - no room for that!  They got a room in a nice hotel in town. The weather couldn't have been better.  Temps in the low 80's with a slight breeze and sunshine both days.  We spent some time visiting on our patio area in the RV Park the first afternoon and then headed out to show them the Big Tree in Goose Island State Park.  This is the oldest and largest live oak and it's massive.  We tried to find some whooping cranes as well, but no luck on that.  Then we headed to Paradise Key restaurant for a nice dinner on the w
ater.  The restaurant has large windows overlooking the bay and we say lots of fishing boats, a kayak and even an airboat go by.  There was also a large flock of spoonbills with their pretty

pink butts.  Then we drove along Fulton Beach Road and saw the windswept oaks with the blue herons nesting on top of them.  Don had his binoculars out and said he could have watched them for hours.  They do put on a good show.  The following day we headed out early and took the ferry to Port Aransas to show them the island.  We started with a drive down the beach and you literally drive on the sand.  Then we checked out a bird refuge which was fun.  There was a very long pier out over a marshy area where we saw some birds and two large alligators.  One of them had apparently recently swam in to join the other.  In the distance we saw two very large white birds and when one took off it had black tips on its wings and was massive so we think it may have been a crane but not sure about that.  We saw three oil rigs in dry dock and a freighter came through the canal on its way to Corpus Christi.  Before they left we ate BBQ at a small joint near the RV park and then they headed home so they could arrive before dark and the worst of the rush hour.  It was so nice for them to come for a visit.  They said they hadn't seen this area in over 20 years and the changes were huge.

The Not So Newly Wed Game

On Valentine's Day the RV park residents turned out in mass (about 100) for the Not So Newly Wed Game.  Several folks in the park worked hard to plan and put on the event and it was a great success.  Lots of pretty cupcakes and punch were made, door prizes were purchased and four great couples agreed to play the game.  Funny - they were all from Minnesota!  Rick, who is kind of the park funny guy, was the MC and I was the person who wrote all their answers down and kept score.  We even had a couple of wonderful young ladies who kept the spouses entertained in another building while questions were being asked of their better halves.  Rick did a great job bringing out the best in the contestants and created a lot of laughs.  Door prizes were handed out throughout the evening including a shiny pair of boxer shorts that said Sugar Daddy on them, which the winner promptly got help to put them on.  In the end one couple stood out with several more points than the others but all the couples received thank you gifts for agreeing to participate.  It was a great night and I think everyone is looking forward to it next year.