Monday March 25

Monday March 25, 2019

We are heading over to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. As we drive Marsha is busy so Wells relies on the GPS to find it. He knows better than to totally trust the GPS yet he’s blindly moving forward. Marsha finishes her task and is now gently suggesting we turn around and try another approach, yet Wells pushes onward. We’re on a gravel road when the GPS says turn left at the next unpaved road. The road is smaller. By this time we should turn around. Finally Wells turns the truck around when we come to a locked gate. So much for the GPS. Between our crude map and the view of the land we find the refuge.

Seeing the refuge from land is different than from the water as we did yesterday. Instead of seeing whoppers maybe 200 feet away we view them from half a mile. The experiences are both great yet very different. We did see a couple of scissor tailed flycatcher, a couple of eagles, whoopers, great blue herons, plenty of ducks, red tail hawk, and many turkey vultures. After both driving the wildlife viewing loop and hiking a couple of short trails it was time to head to Rockport to pick up medications and do laundry.

We’re back at the campsite planning our next day. We’re heading to the San Antonio and Austin areas tomorrow.