Beach Day!

Yesterday, we ended up loading up and heading to the beach for the day. We left here about 8 am and decided that we were going to go to the Texas State Aquarium first. We went down there and Reagan was a big fan of all the "ish" (fish). He kept going up to the windows of the aquarium and kissing them and telling them "hi." I knew that my battery on my camera was low, so I had grabbed the other one off of the charger before we left, but for some reason, I put that one in, got 4 pictures and it died too. Bummer...I went over to the gift shop and did grab a disposable camera to grab a few pictures. We wondered around there for about an hour or so and checked out all the fish, birds, turtles, frogs, crocodiles, and everything else and then headed to get some lunch. There was a Walmart in the parking lot of where we had lunch, so we ran in and I got a cheap digital camera.

After that, we headed towards the ferry to take it across to Port Aransas. As soon as we were done with lunch and our Walmart trip, Reagan was passed out, which was good because he had only slept about 15 minutes on the trip down. There ended up being an hour long wait for the ferry, which was perfect because Regan got an hour and 15 minute lap before we hit the beach.

This was his third trip to the beach, the first two being Isle of Palms and Folley Beach in South Carolina when we took our trip back in March. The water was way too cold to get into when we were there, so we just played in the sand. Yesterday, he got to have he full beach experience complete with sand, seaweed, and salt water. He really enjoyed it. He splashed and played, dug in the wet sand, picked up shells, and chased seagulls. We spent a little over an hour at the beach, which was plenty of sun for all of us.

On our way out, instead of going back across on the ferry, we went through Mustang Island and across the Intercoastal Waterway in Padre Island and through Corpus. Darrell's brother's family live in Calallen, on the north side of Corpus, so we stopped and saw them for a while. Reagan had a good time playing with his cousin,Curtis, his Aunt Lisa, Uncle Ray, and their little Yorkie, Broozer.

It was around 8 pm when we left their house, so after we ate dinner and got back on the road, it was close to 9. Luckily, Reagan slept the entire way home. We made it home about 12:30 this morning. It was a long day, but it was well worth the trip. We had a great time!!