Corpus Christi, TX

We are now sort of in Corpus Christi, actually we're at Mustang Island SP on Padre Island, TX. We arrived Tuesday about 3pm and got set up. The wind has been blowing since we left LA but when we got to Wharton, TX, where we stayed overnight in a WalMart, it really started howling. I had to clean the front windshield and I bout blew off the ladder! The wind came from the SE and we were traveling SE so the mpg really suffered. Last night it was blowing so hard we brought the slides in for better stability and so the awning over the slides didn't rip off, but we're here and today it's not as bad.

 This doesn't really show it but all along the high way the flags were about to rip off the poles. Both of these flags are real big, like the side of a barn big!

 
Grouch time;
The beach here is nasty! We thought we'd go for a walk yesterday before dark and there was a berm of nasty seaweed about 10'-20' wide and about 2' deep in places. Mixed in with it was any sort of trash&garbage you can name. It was disgusting, smelly and depressing. We walked about 1/2 mile and turned around.

We figured the wind had a lot to do with the seaweed but the trash & garbage? This morning I went out for a run and met a park employee and asked about it. He said he has worked here for 23 years and seaweed is normal but usually more in April, and this amount was in excess. I asked why it wasn't cleared since it ruined the beach. He said they used to but the environmentalists made them stop because they said the Piper birds fed on insects in the washed up seaweed. Now he wasn't happy about it because private owners and the city weren't held to the law, only TX State property. He could only suggest filling out a comment card with a complaint. He said almost every camper complains. About the garbage he said they used to keep it picked up but not any more.  Why?? no answer.....
So I went for a nice 6 mile run and we dismissed using the beach here, makes you really appreciate our beautiful Gulf Shore Beaches !!
Now you're wondering why we would stay until Monday?
More to come........