What a beautiful area this is! We decided to spend the day looking for birds and wild life in Port Aransas. We got to the Leonabelle Turnbull Birding Center in town about 11am and spent the next 4 hours walking the trails, taking pictures, just admiring the area. Now we understand why so 
many people come here - it is beautiful. Besides bird watching, you have deep sea fishing, regular fishing, swimming on white sandy beaches, very touristy, put we were not turned off by it. Lots of snow birds here - the two legged kind from the northern states. Lots of people from Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Only saw one car from Ohio - and they stare at our plates (we have vanity - says GoTurtle) and can't figure out why it says that and where we are from. Get lots of stares! Saw some awesome RV campgrounds - ones that I had ear-marked to go to but had decided not to stay in this area and stay out in the main drag going south towards Brownsville and travel from there. The neat thing is that again, a free ferry across Aransas Pass - and what a sight that was. When we first got there a huge freighter was on it's way out to the Gulf and was just about in front of us while we were sitting on the ferry, and the ferry takes off towards it. Ah - there's something in front of us, hello!!! But, they certainly know what they are doing - as a matter of fact they only had 6 ferries 
running today - could have 8. Once we took the 10 minute jaunt across the river, we went and did hiking at the birding center. From there we went to another walk (we could see it from the birding center) and walked along time here. Was so very quiet and peacefule, the tide was out so there wasn't alot of birds, but still - very impressive in what the city has done with all the boardwalk along the Pass into the marshy areas. I really liked this area so much more than Florida's beaches and coast. Very very peaceful. Tomorrow we are heading back to Port Aransas to take the Whooping Crane boat tour which lasts for 5 1/2 hours. Sounds like we will have lots more photo opportunities. Wednesday we head all the way south towards Mexico - to a city of McAllen. Will stay there for a month or so.
many people come here - it is beautiful. Besides bird watching, you have deep sea fishing, regular fishing, swimming on white sandy beaches, very touristy, put we were not turned off by it. Lots of snow birds here - the two legged kind from the northern states. Lots of people from Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Only saw one car from Ohio - and they stare at our plates (we have vanity - says GoTurtle) and can't figure out why it says that and where we are from. Get lots of stares! Saw some awesome RV campgrounds - ones that I had ear-marked to go to but had decided not to stay in this area and stay out in the main drag going south towards Brownsville and travel from there. The neat thing is that again, a free ferry across Aransas Pass - and what a sight that was. When we first got there a huge freighter was on it's way out to the Gulf and was just about in front of us while we were sitting on the ferry, and the ferry takes off towards it. Ah - there's something in front of us, hello!!! But, they certainly know what they are doing - as a matter of fact they only had 6 ferries 
running today - could have 8. Once we took the 10 minute jaunt across the river, we went and did hiking at the birding center. From there we went to another walk (we could see it from the birding center) and walked along time here. Was so very quiet and peacefule, the tide was out so there wasn't alot of birds, but still - very impressive in what the city has done with all the boardwalk along the Pass into the marshy areas. I really liked this area so much more than Florida's beaches and coast. Very very peaceful. Tomorrow we are heading back to Port Aransas to take the Whooping Crane boat tour which lasts for 5 1/2 hours. Sounds like we will have lots more photo opportunities. Wednesday we head all the way south towards Mexico - to a city of McAllen. Will stay there for a month or so.
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