Goose Island, Texas St Park

Hi Folks. All is well in Texas. We've had a few very nice days. Nice enough that we got in the Gulf. 75 to 80. Then Monday night into tuesday I thought we may end up in Kansas, again. A normal day around here is 8 to 12 mph winds. A calm day is 4 to 6 mph. Anything less than that and the mosquitoes will carry you away. (How do you spell mosquitoes ?) Oh well. We have been fishing, not much luck or skill. We have found lots of shells. We volunteer with the State Park - we help clean the beach. Hey its fun and we are doing our part. We ran a 10K race saturday a.m. (after a night of mexican and beer). Would you believe that we both won our age group. On our run this morning we found a dolphin, dead on the beach. It must have been 6 to 7 ft long. It had been dead for quite a while.
This afternoon, it was a cool 56. So we went exploring. We ended up at Goose Island Texas State Park. 60 miles north of Mustang. The place is beautiful, but we still like this place better. Goose Island is prettier, but we love the peace and solitude of this place. We saw a lot a beautiful scenery. The oldest oak tree lives there. Its 35 feet in circ, the crown is 90 feet and its age is over 1000 years. Its also the home of Whooping Cranes - we have not seen them yet. But we will. At the boat dock people clean their fish and the pelicans stand for a free meal. Sometimes they attempt to steal a whole fish. They are funny to watch. They fly around in V formations just like our geese. I will close for now and attach a few new pictures. Enjoy.....Love Tom and Karen