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Views of the Neighborhood
My apologies in advance for a somewhat random post. I began the day with the desire to put up some pictures of a few of the unusual ways businesses attract customers. We have our share of sharks and Octopuses, but there are a few others. As I was heading out, I happen to catch a […]
Views of the Neighborhood
The city of Port Aransas does not allow food trucks to operate within the city limits. If you want a good meal, snack or drink on the quick and you want high quality there are some excellent places to go. Here is one of the famous places. It is called Tropical Sno and is in […]
Views of the Neighborhood
It looks like all the tourists have gone. If you check out my Thursday post, you saw the early morning saving of space. I did not have pictures of the crowds since quite frankly I stayed away from the beach all day. So yesterday’s walk produced what I would call the aftermath. First, let’s look […]
Views of the Neighborhood
Today’s view of the neighborhood is multiple pictures of an amazing place we have in Port Aransas. The place is Winton’s Island Candies. Here is the view from the parking lot. The front window on the right gives you a hint as to the unique nature of the shop. Yes, that’s right. It says Live […]
Views of the Neighborhood
While walking the two dogs yesterday, I was struck by the amount of traffic on the beach. There was nothing special going on, so it was a bit of a shock to see the number of folks out for a day by the Gulf. I took a photo or two which I will share. My […]
Sunday – Views of the Neighborhood
Today’s views of the neighborhood will begin at The Wetlands Educational Center (rainy day photo) This first photo (taken in the rain) is one 0f a sign explaining that the six posts on the next photo are on the compass points to six other Estuary Research Science Areas in the US. Here are the posts […]
Sunday – Views of the Neighborhood
I thought I would start out the Neighborhood Views with a shot of a waterspout that popped up yesterday. These are very rare, so I’m glad I caught it. It is the little tail to the right of the cloud. The next photo shows one of the two ways to get on and off our island. […]
Sunday – Views of the Neighborhood
I had planned to run some more photos of the Marine Science Center to continue where I left off before. The problem was the rain. When I had the time to take the photos it was raining, and when it wasn’t raining I had no time. Today’s post is about the rain. This photo is […]
Sunday – Views of the Neighborhood
I thought I would give you some idea of what kind of influx we see here at the coast on the holidays. As a comparison let me give you the first photo of a typical weekday. As you can see, there are many campers down by the water’s edge. The wind was blowing […]
Sunday – Views of the Neighborhood
Today I want to take you on a quick tour of the Marine Science Education Center Pictured is the education center located on the grounds of the Marine Science Institute here in Port Aransas. The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute is the oldest and most significant marine research facility on the […]
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