Rockport Day 2

We last visited rockport in 2016.  Hurricane Harvey hit the town on 2017, so the town has changed a lot since our last visit.  This is what we saw.

St. James Episcopal Church

First Presbyterian Church

Rockport School – this one really is a WPA.

Victorian Cottage

Old St. James Episcopal Church.

Little park with amazing history.

Gazebo in the same park.

Fountain in that same park.

Found another Lil Library to exchange books at.

Ed sporting shirt we bought yesterday in Port Aransas.

I don’t really like abstract art.

Elvis with a mustache.

Sculpture called “Day at the Beach”.

Bird wings, not angel wings.

Greetings from Rockport mural.

Seahorse sculpture.

Bird sculpture.

Sculpture called “Man’s Best Friend”

Another nice mural

Rockport Harbor

Abstract Heron

Bike Keeper

“Into the Wind”

Dolphins

More Herons

Sea Turtle

Aquarium was damaged by Hurrican Harvey. Unfortunately it still isn’t back open.

The famous crab sculpture on Rockport Beach had to be redone after Hurricane Harvey.

A beautiful Victorian.

Another one of the pink county markers.

Rockport Train Depot

Aransas Pass / Port Aransas Day 1

We celebrated our wedding anniversary by taking a trip to the coast.  There is a lot of things I liked there.  This is some of what we saw.  Don’t you just love other peoples’ vacation pictures!

Stopped to check out this old school. It looked like it might be WPA, but turns out it was built in 1939.

Across from the school is this sailfish sculpture.

Stopped to exchange books at this Lil Library.

Mural on park bathroom.

Nice large tourist shop.

Pirate Ship in the Harbor.

Spotted another Lil Library and exchanged more books.

Sailfish at the Marine Science Institute.

Nice entrance to another tourist shop. Spent some money here.

View looking back.

Nice lighthouse at another tourist shoppe. Spent money here too. LOL

This big fishermen are made of fiberglass.

Pink octopus caught my eye, but we resisted doing any more shopping.

Pier at the beach. It costs seniors a whole dollar to walk out on it.

View of the beach from the pier as we were walking out on the pier.

View from the pier on the way back in.

Pelican just asking to be photographed. Big show off.

There were many sea gulls perched around.

There were enough waves that there people out trying to surf.

Another photogenic pelican.