{"id":22623,"date":"2018-04-21T18:18:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T22:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=22623"},"modified":"2018-04-21T18:18:07","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T22:18:07","slug":"day-6-friday-april-20-corpus-christi-to-aransas-pass-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=22623","title":{"rendered":"Day 6. Friday April 20 – Corpus Christi to Aransas Pass, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though we saw the sun rise from our balcony,\"\"<\/a> it was not shinning when we pushed away at 7:30 this morning; but the wind did<\/em> show up. \u00a0Our first seven mile stretch was past beautiful homes\"\"<\/a> overlooking the Corpus Christi Bay;\"\"<\/a> some looking like second homes with hurricane shutters still on.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0We got a break from the wind when the homes lined both sides of the street and the constant scenery \"\"<\/a>helped to distract from the wind.<\/p>\n

Our direction today went from southeast to northeast, so the 20 mph east wind \"\"<\/a>always found us. \u00a0The causeway that connects Corpus Christi to the barrier island was particularly challenging, thankfully we had a frontage road for half of it and on one bridge a bike path.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0But the one mile long high-rise bridge going over the intracoastal was hairy,\"\"<\/a> directly into the wind with a one foot shoulder and very heavy traffic.<\/p>\n

We were happy to have arrived safely on Padre Island\"\"<\/a>yet feeling as beaten up as this flag.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0This island is the longest (70 miles) undeveloped barrier island in the world, except for one block of tourist stuff.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0As we turned north the homes and business dropped from view.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0Our road was away from the water, the dunes just high enough to block our view of the Gulf, but the rest of the land very low.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0We reached the outskirts of Port Aransas at 27 miles, it would take us almost ten more before we actually got to town. \u00a0Small clusters of condos and homes\u00a0\"\"<\/a>both large and small\"\"<\/a>were scattered among the sand dunes; some showing damage from last fall’s Hurricane Harvey.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0Once in the cute little town,\"\"<\/a> hurricane damage was even more evident.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0We took the three minute ferry ride over the narrow pass heavily trafficked by tankers and massive oil rigs.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0Once across, we turned with the wind and sailed our last six miles over yet another causeway and bridge. \u00a0As we checked into the hotel, we met Annita (check out her web site\u00a0<\/a>on the area) who invited us to join her and her husband for dinner. \u00a0They took us to a wonderful waterfront restaurant serving delicious fresh seafood,\"\"<\/a> cajun shrimp and scallops with pasta.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0Chuck gave us a tour of the protected harbor and the spot where his office as harbormaster stood before Harvey. \u00a0Soon this peninsula will blossom with homes, condos, boat slips and a park with beautiful views of the intercostal. \u00a0They\u00a0were delightful company, full of great insights on the area and how devastating Harvey’s 150 mph had affected this small town. \u00a0We enjoyed the evening, but needed to rest. \u00a0It was a tough 47 miles in the wind, today and if the weatherman is correct, tomorrow will be a long ride. \u00a0As a note, the distance we covered today was 22 miles, as the crow.<\/p>\n\n\t\t