We have transitioned from the being city dwellers to beach dwellers. Still some posts forthcoming, but much of our time during the next several days will be repetitive. Get up. Hang out on beach. Nap during peak heat of the day. Hang out on beach. Sleep. Rinse and repeat. You get the idea. Before we completely transition though, a few updates on things from yesterday.
First, on our drive from San Antonio to Port Aransas, we encountered a few periods of what we surmise were wild fires. Not sure. I guess they could have been controlled burns, but it was something we never saw before. Check out this footage:
Lots of smoke and grass between lanes was definitely on fire. Odd. After avoiding a fiery fate, we continued on. These days, we kind of just blindly follow Waze (or Google Maps) depending upon random draw. As we got closer, I was confused as to why there seemed to be RED closer to the shore (traffic clogged) and why were less than 10 miles from our new pad and it was an estimate of nearly an hour of drive time. I figured that these map programs would only take you on paths which you can actually successfully navigate via car, and I figured wrong. After finally reading ahead and actually looking at a map, I saw that there was NO BRIDGE from the mainland to Port A. Just water. Why did our navigation system take us to a dead end? Well, it actually took us to a FREE ferry. A very short ferry ride across, but during the peak of the summer the line was pretty long. Anyway, free boat ride.
After 3pm we arrived at the Sandcastle resort and checked in for our 6 night stay. Nice view from our balcony and a very nice pool.
