This morning just after 9am we pulled chocks, said goodbye to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and headed up the coast towards Galveston Texas and our 9th stop on this journey. When I was doing the trip planning there were three routes that popped up and I chose a route that was closer to the coast. In retrospect I would have changed that to the inland route that was slightly longer, but it is what it is. We ran into some construction and other factors that caused some issues. Garmin and Google maps did not see eye to eye shall we say, and we let ourselves be led astray. But, 5:25 hrs and 237 miles later we arrived at our destination - without bending any metal and without any serious injuries.
So, thankfully the weather conditions were great. We got a view of the USS Lexington off to our right as we departed Corpus Christi. We did a tour of this ship in 2019.
On down the road Doreen's keen lighthouse eye captured a picture of this interesting structure - the Port Lacava Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center
I know we are in the middle of oil country, but the massive refineries are amazing.
Our route took us over several bridges including this toll bridge. Because I have my Gamin set for truck/trailer mode it considers our height, width, length and hazmat on board when it selects our route. I think that might have added to our issues today and it did NOT want me to go through this narrow toll booth. We made it unscathed but the Garmin was not pleased.
At about 1435 hrs we rolled into the Jamaica Beach RV Resort where we will be for the next eight nights.
This evening we had a get together in the pavilion where we reconnected with about 30 or so Alliance folks who arrived early for the Rally.
Later this week we will attend the three-day Texas Alliance RV Rally here with events scheduled all day long Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We stayed in this area in 2019 and explored many of the local attractions that we will not revisit this time, such as the Houston Space Center and the Houston Astros stadium. But there is plenty to keep us busy in conjunction with the Rally including getting caught up with the many Alliance friends we have met since we got involved with this RV brand in Feb 2020.
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