Wrapping Up Our Port A Stay

Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Gulf Waters RV Resort — Port Aransas, Texas
Temps: Hi 87F (31C) / Lo 79F (26C)

We’ve been at our Port A pad since March 24. Today is our last day here, so I thought I’d do a quickie post.

As I anticipated at the time of our departure from Houston, we have not done anything exciting or noteworthy.

That’s not to say we haven’t been busy.  We have.  But everything I did was in preparation for our overseas travels.  And everything Mui did was related to the maintenance of our home on wheels …. inside and out.  While he was at it, he also made sure we didn’t go hungry.

It’s been an incredibly hot spring and summer … more so than what we’ve experienced in the course of previous stays in Port A during similar time frames in past years.  If you were to look at the forecasted high temp for today, you might think, “What’s the big deal?”  But that forecast does not reflect the “feels like” temperature when you consider the relative humidity values.  At 9:30a, as I write this post, the thermometer reads 82F, but the “feels like” temp is more like 94F (28C / 34C).  By this afternoon that same “feels like” temperature is expected to be in the range of 105F to 109F (41C to 43C).  That’s hellish by any standard.

Of course, heat is to be expected in this part of Texas.  But on the coast it is usually accompanied by breezes that keep the temps somewhat in abeyance … especially in the shade.  For the most part, it’s been much calmer around here this year, thus reducing our outdoor activities considerably.

Since I don’t have anything exciting to write about, how about I show you a few photographs?  Even the camera took a break these past months, so there aren’t that many to share.

A ruby-throated hummingbird on his favorite perch during the migration.

A pair of black-bellied whistling ducks taking a tandem-swim at our pond.

An indigo bunting stops by to check us out during the spring migration.

Sunrise colors and reflections … my favorite time of the day.

Snowy egret shuffling around the edge of the pond for a tasty tidbit.

‘Necking’ Red-Eared Sliders come out of the water to sunbathe … on a cloudy day.

Gulls feasting on corn cobs someone strew all over the beach.

Almost a year to the day, we have flooding at Gulf Waters after seriously heavy rains.  You’d be excused for thinking I am taking this photo from the edge of the pond.  You would be mistaken however … there’s the width of a road and the length of an RV site between me and the pond.

P.S.  We remain feet dry at our site … sure am glad we didn’t build a sunken patio.

I’m sad about the flooding, but love the reflection of the palms on the water.

Within hours of the storm, the skies start clearing.  But It takes a day for the flood waters
to start receding … the transformer that powers the water pump was hit by lightning. 

A blurry smartphone photo of the wildfire that started across the road from GWRVR after
a transformer blow-out around 6:15a on 12 July … the fire department quickly put it out.

On one of the few times I take my iPhone with me to the beach, Mother Nature favors me
with a lovely, serene sunrise … I did say that this is my favorite time of the day, didn’t I?

And that’s a wrap for Port A.  We head out to Houston tomorrow.

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