Flour Bluff, Texas

We had a fun week in Flour Bluff, Texas. It is a small town just after Corpus Christi and before North Padre Island. We stayed at the Corpus Christi KOA, and this is actually our fourth time to stay here. I think if we stay again, we now know the exact site we want to stay in. On the last blog, I told you I would update you about the 49er game and our visit with hubby's dad, Juan. So, the 49ers lost by two points and that was upsetting. Although with the Eagles losing, I felt better. No more undefeated teams. The visit with Juan was nice. It was good to see him. We will be seeing more of him over the next two weeks. I will take pictures during our visits.

Clouds on our drive to the KOA.

Our site for the week. Hubby didn't put the flags out, it is windy here.

Hubby's beautiful picture of the sunrise.

Sunset.

This day we had calm water, I tried to take a video of the fish 

jumping out of the water, but I didn't capture any.

In the spring of 1838, France blockaded the coast of Mexico during the Pastry War, so-called because of the mistreatment of French citizens, including the pastry chefs, living in Mexico. The strategic location of Corpus Christi Bay led to the revival of smuggling in this area. Supplies were carried overland across the Rio Grande, and the illicit trade flourished as Mexico bought sorely needed goods in Texas.

Ships blocking the bay.

Although President Sam Houston did not wish to antagonize Mexico, Mexican patrols at Corpus Christi offended many Texans. In July 1838, authorities at Texana heard of reports of Mexican activity near the bay. A captured Mexican sea captain said that his government had declared Corpus Christi a port of entry and had dispatched about 400 men to protect it. A summons was issued, calling Texans to rally at Texana, August 7,1838, to drive the invaders from the Republic's boundaries. By the time the volunteers reached the area, some of the Mexicans had landed their supplies near the tip of Corpus Christi Bay and returned to Matamoros. The rest scattered, leaving about 100 barrels of flour and parts of a steam engine. The Texans confiscated the usable flour, and other contraband, and the site became known as Flour Bluff.

Fun fact: Sam Houston was the President of the Republic of Texas two times. 

There were a total of four Presidents. David Burnet, Mirabeau Lamar and Anson Jones.

"Keeping it real" we went to HEB three times while we were here, and we were only here for a week. Monday went to get groceries for the week. Monday night, hubby talked with Todd and he and his wife wanted to see the rig. Tuesday, we went back to get food for Fajita Wednesday, and Friday we went after our dentist appointment to get what we needed for the LONG drive (LOL - it is only an hour) to Kingsville, Texas.
 
It was a fun week, a lot of wind, but I must tell you, I loved looking out at the water. This pelican was far out, and he looked huge.

Advice from a pelican: 

Wade into life

Look beneath the surface

Soar over rough waters 

Stretch yourself

Go fish! 

Guess they took the pelican's advice.

A little history about Corpus Christi: legend has it that in 1519, on the Roman Catholic Feast Day of Corpus Christi, Spanish explorer Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda discovered a lush semi-tropical bay on what is now the southern coast of Texas. The bay, and the city that later sprung up there, took the name of the feast day celebrating the "Body of Christ."

We have many parts in one body, but the parts in one body, but the parts 

don't all have the same function. In the same way, though there are many 

of us, we are one body in Christ, and individually we belong to each other. 

Romans 12:4-5 (CEB) 

The spot Pineda discovered is now home to the largest City on the Texas Coast and is the sixth largest port in the nation. Key industries include petrochemical, tourism, healthcare, retail, education, shipping, agriculture and the military. Since its incorporation in 1852, Corpus Christi has grown into a regional hub for marketing, processing, packaging and distributing agricultural commodities for a 12-county trade area.

Corpus Christi today.

I was able to catch up with our niece, Aimee, on Thursday. That was so much fun. We could probably talk for hours - well, we did. Also had a nice time at lunch. I was so upset that I didn't remember to take a picture.

Friday, hubby and I had dentist appointments, everything was good with our teeth. After that we went to Whataburger. Remember last blog I had a picture of the Whataburger in Corpus Christi that had the statue of Harmon Dobson? Well, this is what we did...

Hanging out with Harmon.

It is a two-story Whataburger, so we ate upstairs. It was more crowded upstairs than downstairs.

One of our views from upstairs.

Another view. Let me tell you this, I would not want this job.

Also, on Friday we went out to dinner with Natalie, Luis, Aimee, Ernie, Bella, Mia, Dean, hubby and me. It was a great time. We so enjoy going to Railroad Seafood Station Brewing Company. We had a fun night.

Hubby, Dean, Aimee, Natalie, me, Bella, Mia, and Ernie. Luis had to leave early. 

We had a great time! Love these people!

Saturday, was our long drive to Kingsville (LOL it was only an hour drive). Today, we head to South Texas to visit with Fred (hubby's older brother) and family. More on that in the next blog.

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