Coastal Texas

From Houston we made our way to the Texas Gulf Coast. We had planned to go to the  Corpus Christi area and some one suggested a place called Rockport....  so off we went. This was the first time I could complain about the weather. We had drizzle and misty rain on and off the whole time.... but the place was so quaint you really didn't mind.
We met several former RVer's here who discovered this area while traveling and came back to stay. We visited the Meritime Museum and learned all about the port and the offshore oil drilling and platforms. It was surprisingly interesting. This is the site of an old Spanish ship find. It went down in the port and most of the wooden hull was recovered.
There is also a National Wildlife sanctuary for migrating birds here. This is where they worked to save the whooping cranes and brought their numbers back up. We were unable to visit the interpretive center because of the weather, but put it on our list to do next time.
We next planned to complete our Gulf Coast journey with a trip to the Brownsville area which is right on the Mexico border. However EVERYONE from this area counseled us against it, stating it wasn't safe. So we changed plans and headed back north to San Antonio and the Alamo....  an attraction high on John's must see list.