September 2010 Part 1

September 17, 2010 • Leave a Comment

September 2010 Part 1

Houston/Galveston

On September 5, we left Breaux Bridge, (Lafayette) LA for Houston. We got there about the same time as Tropical Storm Hermine.

Our RV site at Elk's Lodge in Stafford (Houston), TX.

Fortunately, she moved by quickly and soon we were off to tour Galveston. Galveston is on the coast near Houston and still recovering from Ike (2008), but they've done a good job and you wouldn’t know they had 8 feet of water in town.

In Galveston, we enjoyed touring the Ocean Star Oil Rig Museum – an actual oil rig transformed into a museum.

Oil Rig Museum in Galveston

The Strand is the main street of old buildings and shops, many of which made it through the 1900 hurricane.

Old building in Galveston, TX.

On The Strand in Galveston.

In Houston, we had lunch at the Galleria Mall, which was about the only thing we could afford there. I’ve never seen so many “high end” shops (Baccarat, De Beers, Cartier, Lalique to name a few) in one place.

Later, we walked through the Houston Arboretum, but the weather was still just a little too warm to really enjoy it.


Houston Arboretum

Houston Arboretum

Corpus Christi/Port Aransas

About 4 hours south of Houston, we stayed on the beach at Port Aransas. Port Aransas is on the northern end of Mustang Island which is a barrier island protecting the Corpus Christi Bay.

The Corpus Christi area has a lot of oil and gas related industry and has recently added wind power from hundreds of wind turbines.

Windmill farm near Corpus Christi.

Corpus Christi is also the home of the USS Lexington aircraft carrier, now a museum, active in WWII.

USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, TX.

Flight Deck USS Lexington

From our RV site at the northern part of Mustang Island we enjoyed watching ships enter and leave the port.

Our RV site at I.B. Magee County Park, Port Aransas, TX.

Tanker coming into port as viewed from our RV site.

While this area has a lot to offer, we don’t recommend visiting in the summer. Seaweed washes up on the beach and the summer heat makes the odor of decomposing seaweed unbearable.

Beach at I.B. Magee County Park, Port Aransas.

Padre Island National Seashore south of Corpus Christi.

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