Tuesday, January 21, 2014

277 South Site at Amistad


Yesterday, Mary and Bill joined us in Del Rio.  They had made a side trip to San Antonio after leaving Rockport, then spent a night in Eagle Pass before continuing on to this area.  We spent most of the day at the 277 South site at Amistad where Pat, Mary, Bill and Deb tried for the ever elusive fish in the lake while Dick and I explored the rocky shoreline of the SouthEast end of the lake.  We hope you enjoy these photos.

Friday, January 17, 2014

Rockport to Del Rio


We arrived in Del Rio, TX, on January 14th and today we ventured into Ciudad Acuna, Mexico where we did a bit of shopping and enjoyed a nice lunch at Santa Marta's in the center of town.  Having made quite a number of trips to Mexico over the years, it is such a shame to see what has happened to the border towns over the last decade.  We saw entire blocks of the town where stores were closed; however, in one section most of the shops, etc. were open, but not terribly busy.  We are told that this is about the safest of the border towns and we absolutely felt safe and were treated well by everyone we encountered, but there really were very few other 'gringos' that we noticed and I know that this severe reduction in tourism has contributed greatly to the economy of the region.

One of our primary reasons for spending time in Del Rio is the Amistad National Recreation Area which surrounds the Amistad Resorvoir on the Rio Grande.  The "Friendship" lake has about 540 miles of shoreline in Texas and 350 miles in Mexico.  The park extends 81 miles up the Rio Grande, 14 miles up the Pecos River and 25 miles up Devils River.  Up to now we have spent a good part of two days in the park and still have a lot of area to cover as you might guess.  Pat and Deb are hoping to catch some Bass, but that has not worked out as yet.

While in Del Rio, we are staying at the Hidden Valley RV Park which is located just a few miles from from the Rio Grande and the border.  Janet, the park's owner is just super friendly and helpful and we'd recommend this park to anyone who is planning an RV trip to this area.

Today's photos include our last days in Rockport and our first days at Amistad.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Goose Island State Park and More


Like many of you, over the last 10 days or so we have been involved with celebrating Christmas and welcoming 2014.  Unlike most of you, we have also done a bit of fishing from the piers at Fulton and Goose Island State Park and explored a bit more of this part of Texas along the Gulf of Mexico.  In addition to the fishing locations, we also traveled via ferry to Aransas Pass and from there headed South along Padre Island to Mustang Island National Park and the Padre Island National Seashore before heading back to Rockport/Fulton via Corpus Christi.  We later enoyed a day of shopping and some really tasty Mexican food at Senor Jaime's in Corpus and it is now our plan to spend some more extended time in each of these areas. Please click here for a slide show of our most recent photos.

Happy New Year to all!