Russ suggested that we find some quilt shops to browse through. We found the closest one, walked in, and were asked if we had our passport. I was rather surprised at this comment as I thought we looked the same as everyone else in there, and we hadn't started talking yet, so I didn't know what she was getting at. She explained that this is a Quilt Shop Hop weekend and we needed to have our passport stamped in order to win a sewing machine. My kind of shopping. The passport gave us the addresses for seven or eight quilt shops so we were on a roll. We both also won a door prize and a gift bag. See, we are easily humored. Russ picked out a bunch of material, so I have one project to work on when I get home. Onto the next quilt shop. Another door prize and gift bag, and more material. The owner at this shop told us which one's to go to first and which were the furthest away. She told us which bridge to take to the island and since we had tried to get to the island on Friday, we just wanted to see what was on the island. Friday, we had tried to get to Padre Island, but both bridges to the island were closed because of the ice storm. We also had addresses for restaurants we wanted to visit. Stopped at Kiko's, a mexican restaurant with a half hour wait. That wasn't bad, but I wanted a margarita with Mexican and it was only noon. So we went to Snoopis which was over the bridge. Its a seafood place, right on the water, with outside dining. I'm loving this area. Russ had a cheeseburger and I had shrimp. Sun and air were so great. We got to Padre Island and travelled up the coast. Found a few spots where you could go onto the beach and drove on. We drove for a while, which is neat, and then stopped so I could get my feet wet. Water was like York Beach-but it was salty and my feet were in it. Driving in this area was like driving down to Key West or on Cape Cod. Lots of dunes, and a hotel every once in a while, sitting there by itself. Made it to our 3rd quilt shop. Not a very large one, but great people. Ths was in Port Aransas. We found home away from home. Its a tourist, but not real touristy, beach community. Has lots of bicycle and walking areas; shops; a 'downtown'; and neat looking bars & restaurants. We both said we think we could spend some time in this place. Then, the best part, we were travelling on TX route 361, and it stops there. We had to take a ferry to get back to th mainland! It wasn't far, not even as far as the boat ride we take to get to our island at Square Pond, but we never see dolphins or pelicans.
There were even trucks pulling campers on the ferry. We had heard people mention it, but thought that it was either the ferry or some bridge you had to take-didn't know it was only the ferry. So island living. So last night, I spent time on the computer finding RV parks in Port Aransas, TX. Today, or tomorrow we'll be checking them out.
Oh, and we did get to Kikos last night for Nachos and Margaritas. They were very good.
We will be in Corpus Christi for two more nights. I'm sitting at our picnic table and its beautiful out here.
Forgot, we did get to one more quilt shop, in Rockport. More material-more projects.
Hopefully next year, we'll be in one place for more than a few nights-we'll have a place for you northerners to visit. We might just call it 'Brackredge Island South'.
Love-to all-linda & russ
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