Adventure Location: Mustang Island State Park, TX
Adventure Report Date: 1/11/2019
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With the OFM’s agreement the Teams for the north beach entrance a few tire rolls away on the other side of the dunes.
The OFM made Sierra be cautious in approaching the entrance since the sand looked trecherous. The only tire tracks in the sand appeared to be the beach patrol truck of the State Park and they were deep. Sierra rolled a few feet onto the soft sand and the OFM looked at the rest of the route to the wet sand. Hmmmm about 75 feet and real loose. Hmmm. That part close to the barrier on the right seems to be a lot less deep and undisturbed.
OK we backed off a little ways and got up some headway to help get through the sand without adding throttle to the back tires. And ZIP we went on through like it was paved. But we did not stop rolling until we got to our parking spot near the jetty. Once we hit the wet sand it was smooth rolling and the OFM was so elated that we forgot to stop and take a couple of pictures.
However when our meander took us back to this spot he did take a couple of pictures. In the interim time several vehicles came onto the beach for a quick look. Both coming and going they really tore the entry sand into a fluffy mess. These next two pictures were taken on our way out.
Here is what we had for company at the beach this day. That is Sierra way down the beach on the left waiting for our return.
Here is the recon picture as the OFM checked out our ability to leave later. Our incoming tracks are the ones on the far left in this picture. The rest of the deep ruts are where the fools fluffed the sand up playing while we were meandering.
It certainly looked like it will be good bit more difficult getting out. It was definitely more exciting as we will relate later.
Back to our adventure. Sierra chose a great parking spot right near the necessity facilities. When The OFM Beachcombing Team started the meander, the first interesting item we saw was a toadstool of all things. A five inch diameter toadstool in a saltwater sand dune was a first for the OFM Teams.
We also surveyed the beach to see where to begin. The day was so incredibly nice it was hard to choose which direction to take first. The Jetty was getting a little wave action so we chose the area along the dunes as the first direction.
We headed south near the dunes and were reacquainted with a phenomena we discovered years ago and had forgotten all about. The beach is a great place for WIND SCULPTURES.
And we are now 3 pages into this blog entry and plenty of adventures to go. We will continue tomorrow with the dune meandering part of the adventure of trying to have tooooo much fun at the beach.
Adventure Location: Mustang Island State Park, TX
Adventure Date: 1/10/2019
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He woke earlier than normal and actually got out of bed before the sun came up. The OFM very seldom does something silly like that. Before you know it breakfast was fixed and consumed. WOW what got into him besides potatoes and eggs.
It turned out a couple of chores were needing to be done and he awoke thinking about them. So we soon were out the door and rolling. We had forgotten that The OFM had watched the weather and carefully planned an adventure out at the Gulf beach. We meandered around getting some things done like mailing a picture postcard to grandson Gavin. When the time was right (the temperature had risen a nice amount) Sierra was pointed at the Port Aransas ferry and away we went to the BEACH.
We were able to drive right onto the ferry but had to wait a few minutes for it to fill up. While we were sitting there the OFM notice a different looking landing dolphin,
Something must have really whopped it a good one. Looks like some major repair work is needing to be done. Maybe even the ferry got bad smashed. Who knows?
Well as we pulled out another landing dolphin was wrapped with yellow tape and had a bad lean to it. OK something serious must have happened. Anyway we crossed the channel just fine and as we pulled into the dock the OFM noticed the ferry to our starboard had a lot of paint scrapped off its port side.
We got off the ferry and headed to Whataburger in Port Aransas for lunch and then to the beach.The place was nearly empty so we were able to get in and gone in record time. A left turn down the island and there we went. About halfway to the entrance there was some road work to slow us down. The folks did a great job of the traffic controls and we were delayed only a few minuted. The road definitely needed repairs in that section.
Finally we arrived at the entrance to Mustang Island State Park which is in a nearly total reconstruct from Hurricane Harvey. Talking with the entrance lady we found out that the park camping is planned to be open again in the new nice facilities in about two months. Man o man that will be a busy place this summer.
The nice lady at the entrance booth told us that the road to the Fish Pass Jetties was extra soft today and the Teams needed to exercise extra care. The OFM is an old time beach driver and Sierra is a great soft surface vehicle since it uses fairly low pressure tires. Sierra usually just floats across the sand.
Sierra was taken to the main beach parking lot to check out the soft sand a bit before we head off on the beach entry road.
The OFM spent a few minutes checking the sand near the parking lot and decided we would carefully try our luck with running the beach. Wishing Sierra good luck we headed for the north beach entrance and the VERY soft sand.
We are stopping here at three pages since we have a huge amount of story left to tell about a fantastic day meandering around on the beach trying very hard to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 1/09/2019
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The morning pancake breakfast was going along smoothly. The OFM was sitting at the table with the window blinds pulled up enjoying the sun waking up the neighborhood. It was so nice he even took a picture of it while he was eating.
Where as yesterday was a bikini day, this morning was cool enough that coats and other warm clothing was required. This workman, for example, was in a tee shirt and shorts while working on the gazebo yesterday. Definitely not this morning.
Naturally with the north wind bringing in the cool air, it blew a lot of the water from the bay back into the Gulf of Mexico. That made for some really shallow spots where we normally do some fish catching. All that sand you see is normally under water.
Late in the afternoon Sierra claimed the temperature had warmed up a good bit.
And it apparently did. The red/white Top Dog Jr lure we found yesterday proved its worth with a large speckled trout this afternoon. It was a surprise to catch a trout on a topwater lure when it was not warm out but we landed the fish and measured it at a bit over 17“ and let it go back to make babies this spring. Naturally the camera was back there in Sierra.
We did get a small part of the Castle exterior washed when the temps were moderately warm. There is still a lot of trailer to bathe yet. Washing RVs while the air is chilly is not a great way of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 1/08/2019
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Morning arrived way too soon but the OFM made the effort and breakfast was served. Then it was off to the grocery for a few things. Stopping at the fishing hole on the way back to the Castle did not get us any fish caught. But we were making progress on a day toward our ultimate goal.
A trip over to Aransas Pass for lunch netted us a Whataburger fish sandwich which was very good. then back around the corner to Walmart and a gas injection for Sierra. Sometimes trucks like to have lunch also.
We noted while in Aransas Pass that the day was nice and warm. The sun was bright and the skies mostly a nice blue. The long sleeve tee shirt the OFM had on was a bit much. Later back at the Castle he swapped to a short sleeve shirt but it was still warm for what the day was giving us.
We headed to the Rockport Beach Park and the wooden fishing pier. As we started out on the pier, the OFM glanced at the water and saw a good looking fishing lure tangled in the grasses and algae at the foot of the pier. He stopped and went to work on snagging the lure. After several tries we had a successful adventure. Some clean up was done for this next picture.
It is a Top Dog Jr. top water fishing lure. The rusted hooks were changed and the lure cleaned up. It is now in a tackle box ready for action tomorrow.
When the Teams got finished catching nothing at the pier we headed to the bird sanctuary area. The day was great and some folks were out enjoying the sun and sand. As you can see there were a few bikinis scattered around to enhance the view.
As you can see, really nothing special happened but we had a great time trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Sinton, TX
Adventure Date: 1/06/2019
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The Teams were itching to get our somewhere and move around. Fishing does not get us much exercise of an aerobic nature. One Team member suggested the Sinton Tx city park again. Good Idea we all chimed in. And off we went.
We got Sierra parked near the necessity building. A golf club was grabbed along with one golf ball. The idea was to hit the golf ball and chase it around the park. That way we could get some upper torso exercise also. It worked out really well. Here is a picture of a representative park of the huge park. We were the only folks in this part of the park today. Notice where the trail starts in the picture.
As we made our way around this portion of the park thwacking along the golf ball, we came upon this tree trunk left from Hurricane Harvey over a year ago. Notice the grass still growing in some dirt pulled up with the tree trunk. We wonder how long it will survive growing like that,
When the OFM tired of thwacking a golf ball around we returned to Sierra to store the golf equipment. The OFM Trail Walking Shoes told us they wanted to go on the old trail we used to walk a lot when we camped in this park years ago.
Great. So off we went. When we crossed the fence into the “wilder” part of the park, the Shoes got real happy. We set up to a good pace and maintained it until past the pond entry and around to the end of the paved trail. The grass after that point was over waist high and the OFM was a wimp so we turned around. Here is the picture just after we turned around.
Then it was a retrace of our route back to Sierra. The best we could figure on Google Maps is that we made about two miles of great walking today. It was extremely pleasant in the 70+ temperature.
The park visit was a great way of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 1/05/2019
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A bit of cool to start the morning and the OFM hit Whataburger for breakfast and then Walmart for some important fishing gear. By the time the day was over the OFM had replaced his $50 rod that Sierra used a door to eat with two $20 rods. Then some time was spent getting them tuned for the OFM preferences. Finally it was time to get busy fishing.
We hit the Rockport Harbor and in short order the OFM had put two speckled trout on the deck. However as usual they were 1/4“ short of legal. Three hours later no one had caught any more fish. So the OFM Fishing Team went back to the Castle.
At the Castle the OFM did a lot of planning attempts and other things related to traveling. Nothing special was accomplished.
In late afternoon we headed back to the harbor to see if some pretty pictures were available. Here is what we got.
This is the end of the main rock pier at the harbor. The OFM has the most success here on the last 1/3 of the pier towards the end.
At the harbor breakwater this evening was this industrious fisherman working hard but not catching anything. He seemed to be doing everything right but sometimes there just isn’t any fish. Usually that is an excellent sheepshead location.
Midway along the harbor breakwater is an old wooden breakwater and some rubble. Frequently it is good fishing in this area but you have to pay the price in terminal tackle to learn where the trash is located.
As the sun was setting the Teams headed back to the Castle to let the OFM rest tonight from the hard day of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 1/03/2019
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WOW a lot was done today. Even with a medium migraine attack right after lunch the OFM was a busy fat boy all day. The first item was a decision that we can roll from Rockport toward the end of this month without worry about minor medical issues that are dogging the Teams Grand Glorious Leader, The OFM.
Two paintings are under way with the new attitude that a new painting can be started even if there are others waiting to be finished. What happens is a painting progresses to a point where the OFM cannot figure out how to do something and make it look right. In the past the OFM Art Team just sat on it until the OFM found out the answer.
Now we are taking the approach that the OFM can start as many paintings as we have paper and the paintings will progress as he learns whatever is needed to be learned. Hopefully that will be a good way to progress.
In the meantime gas for Sierra has dropped to this nice on the wallet price. Sierra guzzled as much as it could this afternoon.
As The OFM was resting this afternoon trying to recover from the migraine skirmish he could hear the thawed chicken breasts in the refrigerator screaming to be cooked. So a survey patrol was sent out into the cabinets to see what they could find for making some food for tonight.
The patrol came back with good news. It would take little effort to gather some wonderful ingredients for more wonderful stoup. And the cooking adventure began.
The parts are
three chicken breasts diced
one stalk of celery sliced very thinly
1 cup of toadstool parts
1 cup brown rice
two heaping teaspoons of Wylers chicken powder
fresh ground black pepper
a pile of garlic powder
a liberal dose of parsley flakes
Cook the chicken in the 3 liter pot with a large dollop of butter type stuff by boiling in a scant amount of water. Then add the rest of the ingredients except the toadstools and celery in enough water to cook the rice. When the rice is ready to simmer, add the toadstools and celery for the last three minutes. Let it all simmer gently for a couple of more minutes and it is ready to serve.
It looks bland but the flavor is really good to the Teams. The yield was a bowl full for tonight and three more meals to be stored in the freezer. Yummity Yum Yum.
And there you have a small part of a very good day of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 1/02/2019
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We opened a package that came a couple of days ago. Inside were the new window operators. The Castle has three jalousie type of windows. One has the original operator and is working fine but the wear is starting to show. Another is definitely on the last throes of failing. And the third has been failed for several months but we seldom need to use it so it has not been a trouble.
The package brought us one new operator for each window. Now all the OFM has to do is install the new ones. Since he wears tri-focal glasses, seeing the operator screws while installing the operator is a real PAIN IN THE NECK.
Speaking of PAIN. The OFM got busy cleaning the tub and surround today. The water mineral residue is pretty bad so it was time. Well, any way he started and got about a third of the way through before a knee and lower back suggested that that was enough contortionist activity for one day. And the tri-focal glasses are not a first choice for this close quarters work either. So we have a 2/3 dirty tub area and a chore for tomorrow.
Somehow we think the OFM is not going to consider that tub cleaning as a good way of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 1/01/2019
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The new year started with a loud bang. Actually a whole lot of loud bangs. Between the fireworks and the gun fire the Teams did not get to sleep until around 1 am this morning.
By 1030 this morning we had the laundry done and put away. It certainly is nice having the laundry room about fifty feet away, instead of loading it in a vehicle and taking it 8 miles away to a public laundry.
When it was warmer and nicer yesterday, the OFM went fishing and caught three speckled trout as reported yesterday. The best part of that trip was seeing the old public aquarium foundation being put to good use. These two kids were having a blast skating in this not traffic location. The young lady stopped for a couple of minutes to talk fishing with the OFM. She was very pleasant.
The OFM had some new toys come in vis Fedex yesterday. They got delayed by the shipping companies but he was really glad to get the toys in anyway. It is a 72 pencil set of Prismacolor pencils. The plan is to have tooooo much fun with them.
The OFM got busy today and organized the colored pencils and then created a color chart so that he could tell the real hue of each pencil. The color that it appears on the lead and coating never seems to quite match what shows up when it is applied to paper. So he always has to make a chart like this one.
Now all he needs to do is do some art work attempts.
However the first thing on the list for tomorrow is heading to the grocery store to stock up on stoup fixings and other food items. He seems to be having fun fixing all sorts of things lately. Between the art, cooking and fishing he ought to have a busy day of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/31/2018
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Slightly cool this morning. Warm by noon. Three speckled trout caught in the afternoon. Friends came by to visit tonight. Lots of having tooooo much fun today so blog is very short tonight.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/30/2018
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The morning sun did not show up and the wind chill was wet and cold. The OFM took the Photo Team out for some picture taking. It was hard for him to quit shaking long enough to take a picture but we did take a few. The cold wind got to the Photo Teams and we went back to the Castle to warm up.
We were out and about doing little things today but the chilled wet air was not comfortable. After lunch the OFM messed with the computer for a good time. Then we noticed the winds had calmed. When he stepped outside to check the weather, he announced it was time to go try out the new reel.
All he needed was a light windbreaker. By late afternoon most of the wind was gone and the temperature was into the mid-fifties. That is a nicely workable temperature.
The reel testing went good or bad depending on your view point. The reel worked very well and seemed to be a good buy. The OFM’s fingers did not work so well. A baitcaster reel needs more hand action than a spinning reel. The OFM hand, especially his fingers, do not have near the dexterity required by the baitcaster. So after wiping the reel clean and repackaging it, we went back to Walmart to return it. As usual Walmart took it back with no complaint at all. So that test came out well even thought it proved the OFM has no business with baitcaster reels anymore.
The weather forecast for the next few days looks lovely so we have big plans for trips to try to have tooooo much fun at the beaches.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/29/2018
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Somebody bumped the outdoor thermostat too low today. It barely stayed above 54 most of the day. The next two days are supposed to have miserable low temperatures in the 40s. We might have trouble putting up with those blizzard conditions. But the Castle is an Arctic Fox so we should survive for the 65 degree temperatures of Monday.
There was a tap on the window and it was the campground owner here to visit for a good while. He is always an entertaining fellow to jaw with for a while. We defined many world troubles and will be sending it all to Congress for action. Congress and Action does not sound exactly right these days. Oh Well.
The sad news is that the fishing rod and Sierra had an argument. Sierra won and the OFM had to do surgery on the fishing rod with his Dremel type tool. The tip of the fishing rod was removed and now we have a 6 foot 7 inch rod instead of a 7 foot rod. It still works good enough for the OFM Fishing Team.
The rod is noticeably stiffer when casting now. The newest hard lures are heavier than the plastics we have been casting so that might not be bad.
Then to celebrate just still breathing the OFM went down to Walmart and purchased a new reel. He wants to try his luck on the coast with a baitcaster style of reel. The reel and line came out to a bit less that $50 drive out. Merry Christmas I guess for him.
Now all we need is some warm weather to get out to the water and play. Something about being around the saltwater always leads to trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/28/2018
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The refrigerator door was finally opened this morning and there they were. The pork chops that were supposed to be cooked last night were patiently waiting for the proper attention. Guess what the OFM Teams did right after breakfast. Pork chop stoup of course. And it came out as a big WOW for good.
The chops were cubed before cooking in the pot so they put forth lots of flavor. A slight change from the usual recipe was substituting Italian Salad dressing for the usual olive oil. Seems to have been a good move.
Anyway it came out very good. There is three meals of pork chop stoup waiting in the freezer now. All they need is a good warm up and a serious chowing down.
The Teams got in some beach time in the gray cold wind. The sun would break out for a few minutes every now and then as you can see in this picture of the beach.
We spent time fishing, walking and talking to a lot of out of town tourists with “interesting” questions. Today they were all nice folks but seem to have had very little time near saltwater in the past. But it was a very pleasant time over all. Beaches seem to be a good place for trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/27/2018
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The last two days have been a frenzy of activity. This morning the OFM woke up to the thought that we should try out the five new lures he gave himself for Christmas. So we did. The morning weather was dingy and it had rained a bit over night.
However by 1100 it was bright sun with gentle winds but no fish. The OFM stayed at the fishing almost all day and failed to grab a picture of the beautiful warm sunny weather. But he did wear out some water molecules with all the lure retrieving he did.
He was so tired out by 1600 that when he laid down to stretch his lower back, KAPOW he was asleep. The campground owner woke him a little later returning the pie knife from the Christmas day gathering. Her and her husband are really great owners/managers of this campground. Give The Quiet One RV Park a call if you need a spot. they have some nice spots available.
Back hurts from fishing? Yep the aged old lower back of the OFM gets difficult from all the casting that lure fishing requires IF the rod is too long. As it works out a 7 foot rod is too long for the OFM but perfect for the fishing. But it does cause pain if he uses a 7 foot rod for more than a couple of hours. This is the end of the third time experimenting and the pain was too much. So the grinding wheel came out and the top 5 inches of rod went away. Now it is a little stiffer and should handle the 3/4 ounce class lures better. There is a good chance the OFM will need to purchase a 6‘-6“ rod for the 1/4 ounce lure class. Well it is Christmas time so toys need to be purchased,right.
Could it be possible that the OFM actually likes fishing as a way of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/25/2018
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The OFM roared out of bed early this morning. We soon headed for the Rockport Beach and sunrise. For some silly reason he thought the sunrise this morning would be special and lead up to a wonderful day of having tooooo much fun.
He was right.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/24/2018
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Good Grief it was a busy day. Between catching speckled trout, visiting with lots of friends, getting in important mail and responding to it, cooking stoup, helping a little on getting ready for Feast Day tomorrow and a few hundred other things the OFM managed to get a bit worn out.
At least some great looking stoup is perking on the stove for when this blog entry is finished. This picture was taken as the sun was waning at the Rockport Harbor. The OFM had quit catching Trout a couple of hours before because old friends were dropping by. They knew where he would most likely be. By the time all the jaw flapping was over the sun was settling into a great evening show. Here take a look for yourself.
Keeping tonight’s blog short because the OFM has to eat and open a Christmas present from Alabama is needed. So on with the stoup. He forgot to get the chicken ready so it is vegetarian stoup. Ingredients are a can of Brown Sugar Hickory Baked beans, a can of whole kernel yellow corn, green onions, shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese, shredded carrots, fresh cracked black pepper and water to suit.
The stoup is still cooling but the broth is wonderfully flavored. It would have had a few more ingredients but we ran out of pot room.
We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year of trying to have tooooo much fun, but you can’t catch The OFM Teams.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/23/2018
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Another fantastic sunny day in Rockport was our lot today. Low 70‘s and very bright skies. Some folks and their buddies went fishing.
The OFM went taking pictures of the bright skies for all to enjoy.
The biggest trouble is the low low low tides these days. Of course the low tides have a great value. they provide a wonderful and really needed flushing to this area that has normal tides of 6-9 inches. We are hoping that the multiple low tide events will beat back some of the bad algae growths that happen on occasion. From this picture it looks like we had about 30 inches of tide change today.
The next couple of days should be wonderful also. The OFM Teams are planning on getting out in this “winter” weather as much as possible while looking for tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/22/2018
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It was an eventful day but we will stick with the nice parts of the day. The Teams got out and meandered in style for part of the day. The day was 72 and bright sun with a gentle to strong breeze. Just wonderful all around. A mid afternoon meander down to the Rockport Beach showed us that lots of folks were enjoying the great winter day.
We grabbed pictures from the road so as to not intrude in the folks enjoyment of the beautiful weather. This first couple were sitting in the warm sand with a bit of a wrap against the slight chill of the breeze. It must have been nice since they were still there 30 minutes later when the Teams came back past them.
Another good shot came when two palm trees framed a couple and their puppy out on the pier near the end. They also stayed awhile enjoying the sunshine.
At another location these folks and a puppy were setting up for a bit of a longer stay it looked like. A lot of new folks arrived in town in the last few days from the snow country and are taking great advantage of the sunshine. We think these were in the truck with the Kansas plates. We welcome all the friendly folks we can get down here.
A couple of weeks ago the OFM wrote of the walk to the end of a breakwater that ended up giving him a sprained ankle. Well the wave action today would have wetted him down pretty well if he had gone back out there. These splashes were likely only about five feet high but fun to watch anyway.
Then to really top off a first class day the OFM slopped together a salad of first class culinary art for supper.
Two kinds of chicken, pickles, small tomatoes, lettuce, shredded carrots, toadstool pieces and creamy poppyseed dressing made a wonderful experience at the supper table.
For those with National Park plans the shut down has started causing difficulties at our first planned parks of Amistad, Big Bend and the Guadalupes. So check the internet sites of the places you might plan on going so you will be ready for the difficulties the shutdown will cause. The one under Obama caught us not properly prepared a few years ago and now the Teams used that as a very good lesson learned for our future travels.
As you can see it was a wonderful day of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Rockport, TX
Adventure Date: 12/21/2018
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Grocery shopping and laundry were both finished before 1000 this morning even though the OFM is feeling yucky. He even took two naps today. As mentioned yesterday the Teams have purchased the month of January at this location.
A local reader spoke to me and congratulated the OFM about staying another month. He was unable to understand the difference in paying for a month and staying for a month. We are staying until the weather is right to travel west or the end of January whichever comes first.
For the giggles of it, the OFM looked back to last year and found that he was so sick last January/ February that we did not get to roll until late February. We are hoping to be west of San Antonio before the first of February this year. Right now there are predictions of freezing temps out there. Here in Rockport we are expecting temps in the low 40s for a day or two. We choose warmer.
So for now we are just messing around waiting for the fried turkey dinner on Tuesday. That ought to be a pretty good way of trying to have tooooo much fun.
Adventure Location: Mustang Island SP, TX
Adventure Date: 12/20/2018
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The final delights from the trip to Mustang Island State Park are ready to show. After the jetty meandering and the dune meandering we headed down along the beach between the water line and the start of the dunes. It produced some small in size items we did not expect.
The first surprise was a yellow flower blooming right out there near the water line. We figured that a flower that determined needed some appreciation for its efforts.
The next small joy we came upon was this small wind sculpture with dried vegetation on it. It looked like a large dune but in reality was only about six inches high.
My o my it was our lucky day. Just laying out there in the open was a fishing spoon. It had some rotting line tied on it but no hook. No matter the OFM gathered it in and cut the rotted line off the spoon. Then it was rinsed in the shore water. This is good enough to paint and use was the thought. So we laid it back on the sand to photograph it as was. When we get it cleaned up it will get a starring spot in this blog, especially if it catches a fish.
The pickings were slim on this day but we found one more wind sculpture. It is much more complex of a wind sculpture than most of them. It was about four inches tall with lots of small details of wind etching. The OFM thought it was a cutie so a picture was taken.
And that was all the “finds” we had for this day. We hope more days will follow. Today we requested to extend our stay at this campground into January. We feel that there is still too much to do in the time we had left. There is a lot of trying to have tooooo much fun left down on the beaches that we need to use up while it is not HOT.
