Day 44 – Mon Feb 14 – Trip to Mustang Island 2011

Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody. Today is a beautiful day in S Texas. The Gulf is calm and the temperature is in the 70’s. We drove along the beach and saw some big ship’s getting ready to enter the channel. We hurried to the Park and saw two big tankers come in. One was the “Eagle Torrance” and the other was the “YA SA” both from Singapore. We left the Park to get in line to get on the Ferry to go to the mainland. Before we were able to board we had to wait on another big ship, the “HELLESPONT TRUST” from the US, that was going out into the Gulf. That was the first time we’ve seen that many ships that close together. They held up the auto traffic but it was a sight to behold. While sitting there,I realized that today would have been my father’s 94th birthday, I sure do miss him. "Happy Birthday Dad".

We wanted to check out the gas station at the Walmart in Portland to see if it had better access for the MH than the one in Aransas Pass for when we fill up on our way back to Missouri. We decided to get the oil changed in the car. We had some grocery shopping to do and JW needed to pick up the items he needed to hook up the backup camera and paint the propane tank. Timing was great. The oil change was finished just as we finished our shopping.

When we got back to Port A we decided to have the Early Bird Special at The Castaways for dinner. We both had the Grilled Shrimp with Rice, it wasn’t as good as normal, the shrimp was a little overcooked, but it was still good.

We got home early and settled in for another relaxing evening, I thought. However, we stopped by the office and picked up our mail. There was a bunch, forms that had to be filled out and returned to SDC, bills that are due, and the letter from Unemployment regarding my citizenship, or the lack thereof. Sooooo, I spent the evening filling out forms, digging through our records to get a copy of my birth certificate, and writing letters, in an attempt to get my benefits released. So much for a relaxing evening.